title: Localized neurofibromatosis of the female genital system: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis within the female genital tract is uncommon. The vulva is the most frequent genital location, but it has rarely been reported in the context of the vagina, uterine cervix or ovaries. In spite of its rarity, neurofibroma is a neoplasm that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pelvic masses, especially in patients with neurofibromatosis. In this paper we describe the case of a 71-year-old patient with pelvic pain and a uterine mass who underwent a hysterectomy after having been diagnosed with an 11-cm neurofibroma occupying the myometrium of the entire uterine corpus. There were no neurofibromas in the endometrium, serosa, fallopian tubes or ovaries. The patient had an unknown von Recklinghausen's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Hospital Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain. aglaencina@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gómez-Laencina
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martínez Díaz
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Izquierdo Sanjuanes
authors.forename: Elena M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Vicente Sánchez
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernandez Salmerón
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meseguer Peña
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D058994:Salpingectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery