Multifocal Head and Neck Neurofibromas with Osseous Abnormalities and Muscular Hypoplasia in a Child with Neurofibromatosis: Type I

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(a) Precontrast T1W axial image showing primary mass (arrow) in the alveolar process of maxilla and mandible with bony expansion, (b) postcontrast T1W fat saturated axial image showing enhancing intraosseous mass in maxilla and mandible, the parotid, and infratemporal fossa (arrows), (c) coronal STIR image showing narrow external auditory canal (arrow), (d) coronal postgadolinium image showing mass in infratemporal fossa, the parotid, and external auditory canal (arrows), (e) axial T2W image showing hypoplastic pterygoid and masseter muscles (arrows), and (f) coronal T2W image showing concave right mandibular ramus (chevron) and hypoplastic condyle with extension of mass into the TMJ (arrow).

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