An arachnoid cyst in an 8-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis

Although associations of a variety of developmental abnormalities of the brain and the spinal cord with neurofibromatosis have been reported, association of a cerebral arachnoid cyst with neurofibromatosis is extremely rare. We report the second case of this association in an 8-year-old Japanese boy...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Brain & development (Tokyo. 1979) 1984, Vol.6 (6), p.551-553
Hauptverfasser:	Yoshioka, Hiroshi, Iino, Shigeru, Ishimura, Kazuhisa, Fujiwara, Katsuhiko, Morioka, Yoshihito, Terada, Naoto, Sawada, Tadashi, Kusunoki, Tomoichi, Koyama, Tsunemaro
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arachnoid - diagnostic imaging Arachnoid cyst Child Cysts - complications Cysts - diagnostic imaging Head and Neck Neoplasms - complications Humans Male neurofibromatosis Neurofibromatosis 1 - complications Skin Neoplasms - complications Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Although associations of a variety of developmental abnormalities of the brain and the spinal cord with neurofibromatosis have been reported, association of a cerebral arachnoid cyst with neurofibromatosis is extremely rare. We report the second case of this association in an 8-year-old Japanese boy.
ISSN:	0387-7604 1872-7131
DOI:	10.1016/S0387-7604(84)80099-6