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8-year-old male with diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1, presents with 1-week history of atraumatic, painless, right leg swelling to anteromedial aspect of tibia (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4).
Anteroposterior plain radiograph of right leg
Axial (a) grayscale and (b) color Doppler ultrasound images of the right leg centered over the area of maximal swelling
T1 weighted, coronal MRI image without contrast of bilateral legs
Axial T2-weighted, fat-suppressed MRI image through the area of maximal swelling of the right leg
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Shaw, K.A., Murphy, J.S. & Marshall, K.W. Test Yourself: Question: “Painless right leg swelling”. Skeletal Radiol 48, 1275–1277 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-019-3146-2
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