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Brachium Pontis Stroke Revealing Neurofibromatosis Type‐2
Author(s) -
Sreedher Gayathri,
Panigrahy Ashok,
RamosMartínez Sheila Y.,
AbdelHamid Hoda Z.,
Zuccoli Giulio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00609.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , neurofibromatosis type 2 , stroke (engine) , ataxia , complication , family history , neurofibromatosis type i , pediatrics , dysplasia , pathology , surgery , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
NF2 is an autosomal dominant disorder with neuroectodermal dysplasia. Most patients present with characteristic clinical tumors during or beyond the adolescent age group. The diagnosis is mainly clinical. Vasculopathy is rarely associated with NF2. Vascular complication as the presenting symptom in NF‐2 is unknown. We report a case of a 2‐year‐old child with no prior family history of neurofibromatosis presenting with ataxia and brain‐stem stroke .