Abstract
A 47-year-old female had a small nodule on her right upper chest since birth, which thereafter gradually increased in size. On her first visit to our hospital, a large hanging mass measured 11×9×2.5cm was observed, while adjacent to it a small café-au-lait spot-like macule was also seen. Histopathologically, the tumor exhibited the features of neurofibroma. Initially, von Recklinghausen’s disease was suspected, but the diagnosis could not be proven due to the absence of any family history or other clinical and diagnostic features. Since this case also failed to meet the diagnostic definitions of either neurofibromatoses or the “mosaic” variant of von Recklinghausen’s disease, the diagnosis of “solitary giant hanging neurofibroma” was thus considered to be most appropriate.
