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Neurofibroma

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Infiltrative and typically benign tumor of peripheral nerves that can occur as a solitary or diffuse mass in the subcutis, soft tissue, or along peripheral nerves. The tumor is believed to consist of a mixture of cell types including schwann cells, perineurial cells, and fibroblasts. Neurofibromas are considered WHO Grade I neoplasms. Some neurofibromas, especially plexiform neurofibromas, often occur in the setting of neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1).

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  1. Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Unit, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Tarik Tihan M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Pathology)

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  1. Tarik Tihan M.D., Ph.D.
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  1. Dept. Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Plaza 1, Houston, 77030, U.S.A.

    Adekunle M. Adesina

  2. School of Medicine, University of California, Parnassus Ave. 505, San Francisco, 94143, U.S.A.

    Tarik Tihan

  3. VCU Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, E. Marshall Street 1200, Richmond, 23298, U.S.A.

    Christine E. Fuller

  4. Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Ave. 300, Boston, 02115, U.S.A.

    Tina Young Poussaint

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Tihan, T. (2010). Neurofibroma. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1062-2_14

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