A Giant Scrotal Neurofibroma in a Child Masquerading as Filariasis: Uncommon Presentation of a Common Disease
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
PubMed
38380454
DOI
10.14712/23362936.2024.5
PII: pmr_2024125010056
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Neurofibroma, Neurofibromatosis type I, Scrotal mass, Scrotum,
- MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Filariasis * diagnosis complications pathology MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Genital Neoplasms, Male * diagnosis surgery complications MeSH
- Nematode Infections * complications pathology MeSH
- Neurofibroma * diagnosis pathology surgery MeSH
- Neurofibromatosis 1 * complications pathology MeSH
- Scrotum pathology MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
Neurofibroma of the scrotum is a very uncommon benign neoplasm, specifically when it affects teenagers and is not associated with neurofibromatosis type I. To the best of our knowledge, only a couple of cases of neurofibroma in children have been documented. Here, we report a case study of a 17-year-old boy who had a giant scrotal lump for ten years masquerading clinically as filariasis. A provisional diagnosis of benign nerve sheath neoplasm was made based on cytology findings. The lump was surgically removed from the patient, and a histopathological and immunohistochemistry examination established the diagnosis of neurofibroma. The combined clinical, preoperative cytological, histological, and immunohistochemistry findings were not presented in the literature in any of the formerly documented cases of scrotal neurofibroma. The current case expands the spectrum of differential diagnoses for scrotal tumours that clinicians have previously observed.
Department of Microbiology King George Medical University Lucknow India
Department of Pathology All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rajkot Gujarat India
Department of Pathology Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College Kanpur India
Department of Pathology King George Medical University Lucknow India
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