title: Neurofibromatosis type 1 with bilateral acoustic neuromas.
abstract: A patient diagnosed as having neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) on the basis of 6 café-au-lait macules, multiple subcutaneous neurofibromas and 1 Lisch nodule is described. He later was found to have bilateral acoustic nerve tumors plus multiple intracranial meningiomas. This patient is one of a few adequately described cases who clinically meets diagnostic criteria for NF-1 and has bilateral acoustic nerve tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Michels
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Whisnant
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Garrity
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed