title: Giant cell tumor of the occipital bone in a case of von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis (NF1) is the most common hereditary syndrome predisposing to neoplasia. The most common symptomatic manifestation of NF1 is the plexiform neurofibroma. We describe the case of a patient with classical von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis presenting with a giant cell tumor (GCT) of the occipital bone infiltrating a surrounding plexiform neurofibroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Opitz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heiss
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duffner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meyermann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology*