what is your diagnosis in this NF1 patient? Ans

The answers varied from charcot-gout-amyloid- plexiform NF

This is actually a diffuse NF.
Chance of malignancy in these tumors is essentially zero. They are mostly of cosmetic-pain issues.

Plexiform have possibly increased chance of malignancy- but not these..

See attached histology slide of this tumor- benign fibroneural tissue

Here’s an article detailing different types of nerve tumors with figs..

Ahlawat S, Chhabra A, Blakely J. Magnetic resonance neurography of peripheral nerve tumors and tumorlike conditions. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2014 Feb;24(1):171-92. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2013.03.035. Epub 2013 May 30. PMID: 24210319.

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On Aug 20, 2023, at 10:07 AM, Avneesh ;

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