title: Plexiform neurofibroma during and after pregnancy.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disease that affects multiple organ systems, and has a wide range of clinical features. Neurofibromatosis in pregnancy is encountered with a frequency of 1:2434 to 1:18,500 deliveries. Plexiform neurofibromas are rare subcutaneous nodules or amorphous overgrowth of subcutaneous tissues, which may affect the underlying bone, and produce deformities. We present a patient with a giant plexiform neurofibroma of the thigh which got larger in pregnancy, and shrunk a bit in the postpartum period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, 9-10 Kisim B-18 Daire 52 Atakoy/Istanbul, 34750 Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isikoglu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Has
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bebek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018318:Neurofibroma, Plexiform / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh