title: Malignant transformation of neurofibromas at multiple sites in a case of neurofibromatosis.
abstract: A patient with classical neurofibromatosis is reported in whom malignant transformation of neurofibromas at multiple sites occurred, leading to a fatal outcome. One of these malignant tumours developed within the thyroid gland.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed