ABSTRACT
The results of surgical treatment of a woman presenting with facial and cervical soft-tissue neurofibromatosis and a concomitant auricular defect are presented. The otoplasty was performed by means of sectoral dissection of the auricular skeleton as described by Trendelenburg with the subsequent correction of the surrounding facial and cervical tissues. Much attention is given to the step by step procedure of correction of the auricular deformity and the surrounding facial and cervical tissues in the patients with this pathology.
Subject(s)
Ear, External/surgery , Facial Neoplasms/surgery , Neurofibromatoses/surgery , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods , Adult , Facial Neoplasms/congenital , Facial Neoplasms/diagnosis , Female , Head and Neck Neoplasms/congenital , Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnosis , Head and Neck Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Neurofibromatoses/congenital , Neurofibromatoses/diagnosisABSTRACT
Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 10 años, mestizo, procedente del área rural, portador de neurofibromatosis tipo I que fue diagnosticada al mes de edad, con presencia de más de 6 manchas color café con leche localizadas en el tronco y el cierre precoz de la fontanela anterior, adoptando el cráneo forma de quilla de barco. Fue operado de craneosinostosis, malformación ósea que puede acompañar a esta enfermedad (AU)
