TY - JOUR AU - Voss-Hoynes, Heather A.; Mahfooz, Naeem; Ostwani, Waseem TI - A 17-Year-Old Male with Large Retropharyngeal Neurofibroma as the Only Symptom of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1): A Case Report and Review of Literature SN - 1304-2580 SN - 1875-9041 PY - 2019 JF - Journal of Pediatric Neurology LA - EN VL - 19 IS - 01 SP - 024 EP - 027 DA - 2019/11/15 KW - plexiform neurofibroma KW - retropharyngeal KW - neurofibromatosis AB - Retropharyngeal neurofibromas are rarely described in the literature and are commonly associated with severe airway-related symptoms. We report a unique case of a large retropharyngeal plexiform neurofibroma in an asymptomatic 17-year-old male patient. This patient was asymptomatic and presented for lower lip edema secondary to an insect bite. Head and neck imaging demonstrated an extensive retropharyngeal neurofibroma measuring 5.7 cm × 2.2 cm × 6.8 cm. Because of extensive involvement of cervical vasculature, the lesion was not resected in our institution and his care was referred to a large neurofibromatosis type I center. PB - Georg Thieme Verlag KG DO - 10.1055/s-0039-3399574 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0039-3399574 ER -