title: [Management of plexiform neurofibroma isolated in childhood: four patients].
abstract: Plexiform neurofibroma is a rare and benign tumor often associated with type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF1) or Von Recklinghausen's disease. Present in one third of cases of NF1, there are isolated forms where the diagnosis should remain a diagnosis of exclusion. We report four cases of isolated plexiform neurofibromas found in children from topographies and we discuss the pretherapeutic assessment, the surgical management and the long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Département de chirurgie plastique infantile, hôpital Lapeyronie, CHRU de Montpellier, 191, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herlin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frison
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bessis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rouleau-Dubois
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bigorre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Captier
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018318:Neurofibroma, Plexiform / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult