J Korean Neurol Assoc.  2000 Nov;18(6):798-800.

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 with Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation

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  • 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis is a heterogenous hereditary disease with autosomal dominant transmission divided into two distinct types on the basis of genetic and clinical characteristics. Cervical vessels are rarely involved in neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen's disease). In the present paper, we report a 32-year-old female patient of neurofibromatosis type 1 with spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM). She suffered from posterior neck pain and paresthesia on her right 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers for a half a year. MRI showed ectasia of the right dural sac and signal void tortuous tubular structures at the cervical level. The right vertebral artery fed this cervical AVM in angiography.

Keyword

Neurofibromatosis type 1; Arteriovenous malformation; Vertebral artery

MeSH Terms

Adult
Angiography
Arteriovenous Malformations*
Dilatation, Pathologic
Female
Fingers
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neck Pain
Neurofibromatoses*
Neurofibromatosis 1*
Paresthesia
Vertebral Artery
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