Interactions between tumorigenic cells and their surrounding microenvironment are critical for tumor progression yet remain incompletely understood. Germline mutations in the NF1 tumor suppressor gene cause neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common genetic disorder characterized by complex tumors called neurofibromas. Genetic studies indicate that biallelic loss of Nf1 is required in the tumorig...

A neurofibroma is a hamartomatous proliferation of neuromesenchymal origin. It may be found in combination with neurofibromatosis or in the form of a solitary tumor. Clinical presentation as a solitary subungual tumor is very rare. Neurofibroma is more common in females and surgery is the treatment of choice. The present paper reports the case of a male patient with a subungual tumor on his toe...

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malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (mpnst) is a rare malignant tumor that develops either from a preexisting neurofibroma or de novo. the cell of origin is believed to be the schwann cell and possibly other nerve sheath cells. in this report, we describe a rare case of mpnst that arise from the socket of second left maxillary molar that has been already extracted in a young man. he was ref...

BACKGROUND The peripheral hallmarks of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are Café au lait and solid nodular neurofibromas. The morphological behavior of these lesions could be susceptible to modification during pregnancy. The present case report describes a case of cystic transformation of a nodular neurofibroma, with progressive growth and mass effect in the anterior cervical region, which was su...

BACKGROUND Urticaria pigmentosa (UP) is characterized by dense aggregates of mast cells in the dermis. There is consistent evidence from the literature that mast cells may play a pathogenetic role in the development of neurofibromas and other tumors. OBJECTIVE To study the concomitant appearance of UP with neurofibromas and neurofibroma-like neoplasms. METHODS We analyzed 31,752 records of ...

We describe a premature neonate with an extensive plexiform neurofibroma. Prenatal ultrasound at 32 weeks of gestation was normal. Postnatal examination was significant for a palpable left neck mass. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head demonstrated a mass involving the left cavernous sinus with spreading to the left orbital region. MRI of the neck was positive for extensive adenopathy,...

The diffuse neurofibroma is an uncommon subtype of neurofibroma that has received little attention in the imaging literature. Most common in ages 10-30, in males and females, with a slight predilection for the trunk, then head and neck, then limbs. May become very large, but very rarely undergo malignant transformation. Treatment of diffuse neurofibromas (not associated with NF1) is often surgi...

Background. Local plexiform neurofibroma can lead to deformity of the pelvis, valgus deformity of femoral neck, and joint capsule laxity. We report a case of secondary hip osteoarthritis with subluxation and coxa vara deformity resulting from an extra-articular neurofibroma treated with total hip replacement. Case Description. A 39-year-old man had a large benign plexiform neurofibroma at butto...

Biopsy of the lesion at scanning power shows laminar hyperkeratosis of the epidermis, slight irregular acanthosis, and a perivascular lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate in the papillary and superficial reticular dermis (Fig. 3), in the mid reticular dermis there is an unencapsulated, poorly defined neoplasm, consisting of a symmetrically arranged proliferation of wavy spindle cells in fascicle...