title: Surgical treatment of a giant neurofibroma.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis type 1, an autosomal dominant inherited disease, presents pathologic symptoms of multiple systems, including neurofibromatosis, skeletal dysplasia, café-au-lait spots in skins, and so on. A 45-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 was reported in this article. The patient presented a giant neurofibroma in his head and neck, dysplasia of skull, facial bones and spinal columns, and multiple café-au-lait spots in systematic skins. Satisfactory curative effects were obtained in this case after tumor resection and prosthesis implantation.
authors.affiliation: The Fourth Military Medical University. xiaobingcheng828@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Xiao-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: De-Lin
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Yun-Peng
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Yan-Pu
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xing-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xiao-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Mo-Yi
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Tian-Qiu
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Bao-Lin
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhi-Hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Li-Xian
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tie-Cheng
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D019080:Cafe-au-Lait Spots / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed