title: Neurofibromas of the head and neck.
abstract: Ten patients ranging in age from 7 to 47 years have been treated for neurofibromas of the head and neck at Vanderbilt University Hospital during the last 14 years. Three of them had a positive family history of von Recklinghausen's disease; none has developed malignant degeneration. Serial subtotal excisions of the lesions was the primary treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic