Prague Med. Rep. 2024, 125, 56-61

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2024.5

A Giant Scrotal Neurofibroma in a Child Masquerading as Filariasis: Uncommon Presentation of a Common Disease

Anurag Singh1, Gyanendra Singh2, Anuragani Verma3, Yogendra Narayan Verma4

1Department of Pathology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
2Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rajkot, Gujarat, India
3Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
4Department of Pathology, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Medical College, Kanpur, India

Received July 11, 2023
Accepted January 30, 2024

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