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Diffuse Neurofibroma

A rare neurofibroma with an infiltrative growth pattern. It involves the skin and subcutaneous tissue and grows in a plaque-like fashion. Malignant… 
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NF1 geneNeoplastic CellNervous system structureNeuron, Neuroepithelial Cell, and Supporting Cell of the Nervous System

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2017
2017
MRI evaluation of diffuse subcutaneous neurofibroma of the lower limb in a low resource setting
An unusual type of neurofibroma predominantly seen in children and young adults is diffuse neurofibroma. We present a 25-year-old… 
2014
2014
Superficial malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising from diffuse neurofibroma in a neurofibromatosis type 1 patient
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are regarded as sarcomas that arise from peripheral nerves or that display… 
2011
2011
Periarticular diffuse neurofibroma of the upper limb.
The diffuse neurofibroma is an uncommon subtype of neurofibroma that has received little attention in the imaging literature… 
2011
2011
SOX9 expression increases with malignant potential in tumors from patients with neurofibromatosis 1 and is not correlated to desert hedgehog.
2009
2009
An unusual presentation of a solitary benign giant neurofibroma. Case report.
The authors report on a 34-year-old man who presented with acute enlargement of an extraspinal mass secondary to a hemorrhage… 
2005
2005
Spindle-cell liposarcoma: a rare variant of liposarcoma arising in the foot.
2005
2005
Vacuolated cells in neurofibroma: an immunohistochemical study
Background:  Vacuolated cells could be encountered in neurofibroma. 
2004
2004
Extracranial and extraspinal nerve sheath tumors: Computed tomographic evaluation
SummaryThirty-five patients with 37 peripheral nerve sheath tumors (NST) (16 schwannomas, 11 neurofibromas, 5 plexiform and 1… 
2003
2003
A Corneal Diffuse Neurofibroma as a Manifestation of von Recklinghausen Disease
Purpose. To report a case of a primary corneal diffuse neurofibroma in a patient with von Recklinghausen disease (NF-1). Methods… 
1988
1988
Giant pigmented tumour of the scalp—a diffuse neurofibroma or a congenital naevus showing neurofibromatous changes? Immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies
A case of giant pigmented tumour of the scalp which developed in a 47–year‐old woman is reported. Macroscopically, the tumour… 
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