A childhood case of intrascrotal neurofibroma with a brief review of the literature.
Solitary neurofibroma unassociated with neurofibromatosis type I (NFI) arising within the scrotum is an extremely rare benign tumor. There are 8 cases reported in the literature with only 1 that occurred in childhood. In the current report the authors describe an additional adolescent patient, the second case encountered in childhood and the ninth case reported in the literature, together with a review of the related articles.
Türkyilmaz
Zafer
Z
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Gazi University Medical Caculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Sönmez
Kaan
K
Karabulut
Ramazan
R
Dursun
Ayşe
A
Işik
Ipek
I
Başaklar
Can
C
Kale
Nuri
N
D000293:Adolescent; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012611:Scrotum