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Gigantic neurofibromatosis of the orbit

B Pittet1, R Gumener, D Montandon

  • 1Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.

The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|March 21, 1998
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Abstract:

A case of gigantic orbital neurofibromatosis (2,500 gm) is presented. It is believed to be the largest such tumor reported since the famous elephantiasis neurofibromatosis pictured in von Bruns' Chirurgischer Atlas in 1857.

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