%0 Journal Article
%T A rare case of facial neurofibroma
%A Enqiang Liu
%A Guiyu Wei
%A Jin Zhang
%A Lan Sun
%A Lingli Tu
%A Man Wei
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2016
%X A 62-year-old woman presented with a 6-year history of a facial tumor. Six years ago, she found a facial tumor with 1 cm diameter. It had an insidious onset and grown slowly. Three years ago, the tumor reached 3 cm in size and was removed surgically. The pathological diagnosis was neurofibroma with mucinous degeneration (Figure 1), and tumor cells were immuno-positive for vimentin (Vim), S-100, myelin basic protein (MBP), ¦Â-Catenin and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) (Figure 2). Unfortunately, recurrence occurred soon and the tumor had been developing quickly. At the time of presenting to our clinics, it measured appreciatively 15 cm ¡Á 15 cm in size with a tenacious texture and a defined margin. It covers the whole face with a partial ulceration (Figure 3A). There was no discharge from the tumor. CT scan showed that the tumor was composed of two major sections with the whole volume of 1,494 cm3 (Figure 3B). One was derived from the left orbital cavity. The left eye is displaced and compressed. The other was derived from the right maxillofacial region that infiltrated the maxillary, ethmoid, frontal bone and nasal bone (Figure 3C,D)
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