Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8825049 | Radiology Case Reports | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A 26-year-old woman with familial neurofibromatosis type 1 sustained headache that worsened for 1 month. Neuroimaging revealed a mild ventriculomegaly and nonenhancing lesion in the pons. In spite of repeated cerebrospinal fluid examinations and magnetic resonance imaging, the etiology was not determined. The affected pons markedly enlarged in the following 2 months, with extensive leptomeningeal dissemination. Biopsy through hemilaminectomy of the T9 was diagnosed as glioblastoma multiforme. Prompt histologic examination should be performed when patients with familial neurofibromatosis type 1 manifest communicating hydrocephalus coexistent with a nonenhancing tumor.
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Authors
Ryo MD, Satoshi MD, Satoshi MD, Hisato MD, Akihide MD, Yukimasa MD,