title: Plexiform neurofibroma involving the genitourinary tract in children: case reports and review of the literature.
abstract: We report extensive genitourinary neurofibroma in two children who presented with massive bilateral hydroureteronephrosis and a thick-walled bladder. The best radiologic technique to stage the disease and determine treatment is magnetic resonance imaging. Management of extensive genitourinary neurofibroma is controversial. Based upon our experience and a review of the literature, aggressive surgery should be approached cautiously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hricak
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turzan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018318:Neurofibroma, Plexiform / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery