MRI of peripheral neurofibromas in children.
Magnetic resonance imaging was performed as a preoperative examination in three children with neurofibromatosis and soft-tissue plexiform neurofibromas. In all three patients, MRI showed more widespread soft tissue involvement than was suspected clinically including extension towards the spine in each case. Patient management was changed in each case after MRI was performed.
Glasier
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Department of Radiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock.
Williamson
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Lange
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D001132:Arm; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography