{"title":"Pigmented (melanotic) diffuse neurofibroma of the back in neurofibromatosis type 1.","authors":"Reinhard E Friedrich, Christian Hagel","doi":"10.3205/iprs000124","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a tumor predisposition disease. Multiple neurofibromas are among the characteristic tumors of NF1. The report describes the diagnosis and treatment of a large spinal neurofibroma in a NF1 patient. The tumor showed a striking pigmentation and was diagnosed as pigmented (melanotic) neurofibroma. The distinction between this rare tumor variant and other pigmented tumors, especially malignant melanoma, is of primary importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":43347,"journal":{"name":"GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073164/pdf/","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3205/iprs000124","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2018/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SURGERY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a tumor predisposition disease. Multiple neurofibromas are among the characteristic tumors of NF1. The report describes the diagnosis and treatment of a large spinal neurofibroma in a NF1 patient. The tumor showed a striking pigmentation and was diagnosed as pigmented (melanotic) neurofibroma. The distinction between this rare tumor variant and other pigmented tumors, especially malignant melanoma, is of primary importance.