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Giant sacral schwannoma in a neurofibromatosis type 2 patient

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2023
Background Neurofibromatosis type 2 is an autosomal dominant disorder, mainly characterized by multiple neurological lesions, such as schwannomas, meningiomas, neurofibromas and intramedullary ependymomas.
Namdev Seth, Dushyant Varshney, Saumya Verma   +2 more
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Neurofibromatosis type 2 and central neurofibromatosis [PDF]

Neurosurgical Focus, 1998
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a rare disease, affecting only approximately 1000 patients in the entire United States. The diagnosis requires the presence of bilateral acoustic neuromas, but many other tumors of the nervous system are also present. It is a very different disease from von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis, NF1.
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Meningioangiomatosis Without Neurofibromatosis Type 2

World Journal of Oncology, 2012
Meningioangiomatosis (MA) is a rare, benign hamartomatous lesion found in cerebral cortex and leptomeninges. It occurs mostly in 5 - 15 year old children in form isolated or diffuse; the diffuse form may be associated with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).
Marzi S, De Paulis D, Ricci A, Taddei G, Raysi DS, Coletti G, Maselli G, GALZIO, RENATO   +7 more
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Neurofibromatosis Type 2

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2015
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a rare syndrome characterized by bilateral vestibular schwannomas, multiple meningiomas, cranial nerve tumors, spinal tumors, and eye abnormalities. NF2 presents unique challenges to the otologist because hearing loss may be the presenting complaint leading to the diagnosis of the disorder.
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Neurofibromatosis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1987
LINK (Let’s Increase Neurofibromatosis Knowledge), the British Neurofibromatosis Association, organised a major European Symposium at Egham, Surrey, Feb 5-7, 1987, and clarified the distinguishing features of two syndromes with separate genetic markers ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Incidental Finding of Isolated Colonic Neurofibroma

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2013
Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder manifested by characteristic cutaneous lesions called neurofibromas. There are two distinct neurocutaneous syndromes named neurofibromatosis type 1 (also called von Recklinghausen disease or NF1) and ...
Haritha Chelimilla, Chaitanya K. Chandrala, Masooma Niazi, Kavitha Kumbum   +3 more
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[Neurofibromatosis type 2]. [PDF]

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 1997
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a complex and progressively disabling disease, resulting from development of multiple central nervous system tumours. Two case studies, one of a woman who suffered hearing problems from the age of 17 and one of a man with cataract as the first symptom at the age of five, illustrate the complex course of the disease ...
Schimmel, L.J.J.C., Keyser, A.
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Communicating hydrocephalus and coexisting nonenhancing tumor: An ominous sign for patients with neurofibromatosis type 1?

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
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
Ryo Miyahara, MD, Satoshi Tsutsumi, MD, Satoshi Adachi, MD, Hisato Ishii, MD, Akihide Kondo, MD, Yukimasa Yasumoto, MD   +5 more
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Type-2 Neurofibromatosis Patient with Parasagittal Meningioma: A Challenging Airway

Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, 2022
The anesthetic management of a type-2 neurofibromatosis patient with a difficult airway is quite challenging. Such a situation tests the limits of the anesthesiologist's preparedness in maintaining the balance of the cerebral protection strategies and ...
Aparna Depuru, Amiya K. Barik, Kiran Jangra, Nidhi B. Panda   +3 more
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Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis manifesting as chronic spontaneous subdural hematoma: case report and review of the literature

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Background Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare form of stroke that is mainly seen in young women. It is frequently associated with hemorrhagic venous infarction and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Fares Laouar, Yasser Brahmia, Lotfi Boublata   +2 more
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