Gámez RO, Correa SMG, Rodríguez MM, Miyares DAG, Romero CD

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 596-601
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ABSTRACT

The case report of a 29 year-old patient with a family history of neurofibromatosis who began to notice the presence of subcutaneous soft, unpainful, disseminated tumors in the trunk and in the 4 limbs, associated with radicular pain and paresthesias, difficult walking, as well as muscle atrophy in the upper limbs is described. The results of the neurological physical examination and of biopsy allowed to diagnose this disorder.

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