Massive subperiosteal hemorrhage in neurofibromatosis.
Neurofibromatosis is seen in association with elephantiasis neuromatosa and overgrowth of abnormal bones, but rarely with subperiosteal hemorrhage. This is a secondary finding after severe or minor trauma to the periosteum, which is abnormally loose from mesodermal dysplasia. The clinical, plain radiographic, and angiographic findings of 2 cases of massive subperiosteal hemorrhage are presented, and the literature reviewed.
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D010521:Periosteum; D011859:Radiography