Plexiform trigeminal neurofibroma.
Neurofibromas of the trigeminal nerve are uncommon tumours which usually present in patients in the third or fourth decade of life as a localised mass in the posterior or middle cranial fossa. A case is described of a plexiform neurofibroma of this nerve with unusual clinical and radiological features.
Gholkar
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester.
Stack
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Isherwood
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D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve