MRI and CT evaluation of brain in neurofibromatosis. Case report

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1989 Dec;10(6):569-73. doi: 10.1007/BF02333955.

Abstract

Few MRI studies have been performed on subjects with Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis. This not very well-known disease present lesions which in many cases do not appear on CT scans but may be detected by MRI. The nature of such lesions is still controversial. This paper will describe the case of a 7 year-old girl with neurofibromatosis. MRI examination revealed altered signals in some areas: in the basal nuclei, in the brainstem and in the white matter of the cerebellar hemispheres.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis*
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*