title: Surgical treatment of giant plexiform neurofibroma associated with pectus excavatum.
abstract: Plexiform neurofibromas are benign tumors originating from subcutaneous or visceral peripheral nerves, which are usually associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. They are almost always congenital lesions and often cause the surrounding soft tissue and bone to grow aberrantly. We treated a 12-year-old boy who presented with asymmetric pectus excavaum and an anterior chest wall plexiform neurofibroma. The pectus excavaum was corrected by modified Nuss procedure, followed by simultaneous resection of the giant mass. The patient is doing well at the 4 years follow-up visit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery & Center of Children Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xuejun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wenying
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Siyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018318:Neurofibroma, Plexiform / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed