UNUSUSAL LARGE BRAIN CYST IN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS

Authors

  • Amjad Mehmood Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)/National Institute of Heart Diseases (NIHD) Rawalpindi Pakistan
  • Mehak Idrees Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland

Keywords:

Café-au-lait spots, Neurofibromatosis, Neurocutaneous, Oligodendroglioma

Abstract

Cystic lesions of brain have already been described in certain case reports as a rare finding in
neurofibromatosis. CT scan sometimes shows large cysts with ring enhancement causing
compression of the adjacent structures and simultaneously the patient is symptomatic.
We report a 10-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis type 1 demonstrating a single large cystic
lesion in right parietal lobe of the brain with ring enhancement on CT scan with contrast.
Histopathological evidence revealed the nature of the cyst as grade 3, anaplastic
oligodendroglioma, which is an extremely rare manifestation of this multi systemic disorder.

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Published

29-12-2016

Issue

Vol. 66 No. SUPPL-1 (2016): AFIC SUPPLEMENT

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

1.
Amjad Mehmood, Mehak Idrees. UNUSUSAL LARGE BRAIN CYST IN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. Pak Armed Forces Med J [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 29 [cited 2025 May 2];66(SUPPL-1):S220-22. Available from: https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/11806