“Transforming the Beast to A Beauty”- Fifteen Years into the Making - Case Report of Congenital Neurofibromatosis

Authors

  • Smilja Tudzarova-Gjorgova University Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • Sandra Gjorgova-Gjeorgjievski Beaumont Hospital, Oakland University School of Medicine, Department of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Royal Oak, MI, USA
  • Boro Ilievski Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.126

Keywords:

Neurofibromatosis,, Recklinghausen, Madelung's disease

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In 1882, the German pathologist Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen described a series of patients with a combination of cutaneous lesions and tumours of the peripheral and central nervous system. Succeeding this paper, all of the patients with similar symptoms were given the diagnosis “von Recklinghausen diseaseâ€. In the 20th century, a distinction was made between Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) with the help of molecular testing.

CASE REPORT: We are presenting the results from multiple surgical esthetic and reconstructive surgical procedures performed on a female patient with severe congenital neurofibromatosis during 15 years (2000-2015). The external appearance of our patient was not reflected in the general public’s beauty standards. Convinced that she was unusual and unaccepted by the society, she gathered all of the strength and became our patient at 15 years of age.

CONCLUSION: Transforming the patient’s life in the next fifteen years improved her overall health and her life quality.

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Published

2019-01-31

How to Cite

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Tudzarova-Gjorgova S, Gjorgova-Gjeorgjievski S, Ilievski B. “Transforming the Beast to A Beauty”- Fifteen Years into the Making - Case Report of Congenital Neurofibromatosis. Open Access Maced J Med Sci [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 31 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];7(3):388-91. Available from: https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/oamjms.2019.126

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C- Case Reports