Pelvic plexiform neurofibroma during bowel/bladder dysfunction in an NF1 pediatric patient: A case report

Ricci Allen; Monica Epelman; Omar Cruz-Diaz; Pamela Ellsworth

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101722

Pelvic plexiform neurofibroma during bowel/bladder dysfunction in an NF1 pediatric patient: A case report

Urol Case Rep. 2021 May 21:38:101722. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101722. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Ricci Allen¹, Monica Epelman², Omar Cruz-Diaz², Pamela Ellsworth²

Affiliations

¹ UCF College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA.
² Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA.

Abstract

Individuals with Neurofibromatosis I may develop plexiform neurofibromas throughout the body, however they are rarely seen in the pelvis. We present a 15-year-old patient with NF1 with a large unresectable neurofibroma located between the prostate and bladder discovered incidentally on renal/bladder ultrasound during the evaluation of bowel/bladder dysfunction. Despite the extensive nature of the mass, the patient presented with minimal symptoms and the lesion was thought to be stool or enlarged prostate on subsequent evaluations. Urologists should be aware of NF1 related pelvic masses in the evaluation of bowel bladder dysfunction and specify NF1 on radiologic requisitions.

Keywords: NF1; Neurofibromatosis; Pediatric; Pelvic.

Publication types

Case Reports