A case of 25-year-old giant neurofibromatosis

Abstract

In this paper, the authors presented a case report of a 39-year-old man taken to the Emergency Unit with a 25-year-old giant neurofibromatosis. Moreover, the treatment applied for this case and the physiopathology of the neurofibromatosis disease are also discussed.

Keywords

Giant neurofibromatosis / physiopathology / neurofibromas

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