title: Neurofibromatosis with malignant transformation presenting as an emergency in a nigerian child: a case report.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis is a rare disease, and malignant transformation of this otherwise benign tumor is extremely rare in childhood. In this case report, attention is drawn to childhood neurofibromatosis presenting as a life-threatening triad of malignant transformation, visceral metastasis and upper airway obstruction leading to death in a 9-year-old female Nigerian child. This case report is purposed to draw attention to this condition, mostly reported in adults and to review literature on the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Okoromah
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Adegbola
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Ojuola
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000473:pathology*