Plexiform neurofibroma during and after pregnancy
Isikoglu, M.; Has, R.; Korkmaz, D.; Bebek, N.
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 267(1): 41-42
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0932-0067 PMID: 12410373 DOI: 10.1007/s004040100239Document Number: 261126
Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disease that affects multiple organ systems, and has a wide range of clinical features. Neurofibromatosis in pregnancy is encountered with a frequency of 1:2434 to 1:18,500 deliveries. Plexiform neurofibromas are rare subcutaneous nodules or amorphous overgrowth of subcutaneous tissues, which may affect the underlying bone, and produce deformities. We present a patient with a giant plexiform neurofibroma of the thigh which got larger in pregnancy, and shrunk a bit in the postpartum period.
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