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A 3-year old boy with Neurofibromatosis-1 presented with persistent respiratory symptoms and X-ray changes. High resolution Computerised Tomography (CT), bronchoscopy and spiral CT showed a mediastinal mass encasing and compressing the left main stem bronchus. Surgical removal and histology of the mass revealed a neurofibroma. Repeat scan six months post-surgery showed some persistence of the mass. Symptomatic, mediastinal neurofibroma in the Paediatric age group is very rare. We could not find any previous report of a neurofibroma encasing the mediastinal structures. This case also demonstrates that persistent respiratory symptom in a patient with Neurofibromatosis-1 warrants a search for intra-thoracic Neurofibroma.
Author(s): Saha AS, Tuladhar A, Mitchell L, Spencer D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Pediatric Pulmonology
Year: 2006
Volume: 41
Issue: 8
Pages: 796-797
ISSN (print): 8755-6863
ISSN (electronic): 1099-0496
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.20426
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20426
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