A Case of Neuromuscular Choristoma Associated with Significant Pain
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A Case of Neuromuscular Choristoma Associated with Significant Pain
Neuromuscular Choristoma (NMC) is a rare, benign pseudo tumor that most commonly affects children in the first decade of life. NMC usually derives from a large nerve trunk, and is also known as neuromuscular hamartoma or neuromuscular rhabdomyoma or benign triton tumor [1]. It is composed of skeletal muscle and neural elements [1]. Due to its rarity, there is limited literature on this tumor ty...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2165-7920
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000367