Diffuse, retroperitoneal mesenteric and intrahepatic periportal plexiform neurofibroma in a 5-year-old boy

Pediatr Radiol. 2001 Sep;31(9):637-9. doi: 10.1007/s002470100493.

Abstract

We present a case of plexiform neurofibroma involving the retroperitoneum, mesentery, and liver in a 5-year-old boy who underwent evaluation for extent of a palpable left neck mass. The mass had intrathoracic extension with great vessel encasement and extension into the abdomen. Abdominal CT revealed a diffuse low-attenuation non-enhancing mass encasing the retroperitoneal vessels with serpiginous extension into the liver along the portal vein. This spread pattern of plexiform neurofibroma is an unusual manifestation of neurofibromatosis in a young child.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mesentery*
  • Neurofibroma, Plexiform / diagnosis*
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed