title: Fibrous lesions in the lower extremities in neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Multiple fibrous lesions have been noted in the lower extremities of patients with neurofibromatosis (Recklinghausen's disease). These lesions are probably a combination of fibrous cortical defects, nonossifying fibromas, and intraosseous neurofibromas. When several fibrocystic lesions frequent the knee areas in an adolescent, neurofibromatosis should be suspected.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*