Giant plexiform neurofibroma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Rallis, Efstathios ^a   Ragiadakou, Dimitra ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; GIGANTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PYELOGRAPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; BUTTOCK; CANCER INVASION; GENETICS; LEG; PATHOLOGY; SCROTUM; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TWINS; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

BUTTOCKS; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SCROTUM; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249152485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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