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NEUROFIBROMATOSIS IN CHILDHOOD: A REVIEW OF 25 CASES
Author(s) -
Pollnitz Robert
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb117619.x
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , failure to thrive , hydrocephalus , medicine , pediatrics , surgery , radiology
The initial symptoms and signs of neurofibromatosis in 25 children are reported, and the literature is briefly reviewed. Two little known associations of neurofibromatosis are revealed. Four children showed hydrocephalus related to stricture of the aqueduct of Sylvius. Four other children presented with failure to thrive in infancy which was regarded in retrospect as a non‐specific association of neurofibromatosis. It is emphasized that such manifestations may be the presenting features of neurofibromatosis in children.