title: Neurofibromatosis of the head and neck: clinical presentation and treatment.
abstract: The clinical features of neurofibromatosis of the head and neck in 28 Nigerians are presented. The disease produced varying degrees of cosmetic and functional deformity. Total excision of the lesions, where feasible, with skin grafting, when indicated, gave satisfactory cosmetic and functional results. Incomplete excision was unsatisfactory for all eyelid and other more extensive lesions. Intraoperative bleeding was prominent and postoperative follow-up poor.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies