Bilateral diffuse choroidal hemangioma in Sturge Weber syndrome: a case report highlighting the role of multimodal imaging and a brief review of the literature [PDF]
, 2019 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a patient with bilateral choroidal hemangioma in Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and highlight multimodal imaging techniques for early detection and management of ocular alterations.
Abdolrahimzadeh +76 more
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Reliability of functional outcome measures in adults with neurofibromatosis 1
SAGE Open Medicine, 2018 Objectives: To determine intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of functional outcome measures in adults with neurofibromatosis 1 and to ascertain how closely objective and subjective measures align.
Rebecca L Mullin +5 more
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Retrospective cohort study of morphological features of recurrent schwannomas and neurofibromas
Сеченовский вестник, 2021 Recurrences of benign peripheral nerves sheaths tumours (BPNST) after total resection were described in 2.6–11.0% of patients. The significance of the histological features of recurrent BPNST is still insufficiently studied.Aim.
D. A. Murzaeva +4 more
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Estrogen activation of microglia underlies the sexually dimorphic differences in Nf1 optic glioma-induced retinal pathology [PDF]
, 2016 Children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) develop low-grade brain tumors throughout the optic pathway. Nearly 50% of children with optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) experience visual impairment, and few regain their vision after chemotherapy.
Anne C. Solga +37 more
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Anesthetic consideration in a preeclamptic parturient with Von Recklinghausen′s neurofibromatosis
Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2014 Neurofibromatosis is a multisystem genetic disorder that is associated with cutaneous, neurologic and orthopedic manifestations. Type 1 neurofibromatosis is characterized by dermatological lesions, such as benign neurofibromas of the skin and cafι-au ...
Tarandeep Singh +4 more
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Extensive Plexiform Neurofibroma Presenting as Clitoromegaly in Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Journal of Behçet Uz Children's Hospital, 2021 Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal-dominant disorder with multisystem involvement. Genitourinary involvement of neurofibromatosis type 1 is rare condition and involvement of plexiform neurofibroma can cause painful clitoromegaly. A 9-year-old
Özlem Nalbantoğlu +4 more
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Intrascrotal Solitary Neurofibroma [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 A BSTRACT Solitary Neurofibroma of the scrotum is a rare benign tumour, particularly when it is not associated with neurofibromatosis Type I, hence, less number of cases have been reported in the English literature.
Abhishek Gupta, Suhas N Jajoo
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The paradox of cancer genes in non-malignant conditions: implications for precision medicine. [PDF]
, 2020 Next-generation sequencing has enabled patient selection for targeted drugs, some of which have shown remarkable efficacy in cancers that have the cognate molecular signatures.
Adashek, Jacob J +3 more
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Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as colitis: A case report [PDF]
, 2007 We report a case of a patient presenting with clinical , radiological and endoscopic features of colitis due to a compressive left para-aortic mass.
Claes, Kathleen +7 more
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Incidental Finding of Isolated Colonic Neurofibroma
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2013 Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder manifested by characteristic cutaneous lesions called neurofibromas. There are two distinct neurocutaneous syndromes named neurofibromatosis type 1 (also called von Recklinghausen disease or NF1) and ...
Haritha Chelimilla +3 more
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