title: Brain tumors in children with neurofibromatosis: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Comparisons were made between the results of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluations in 13 patients with neurofibromatosis. In 8 of 9 patients with intracranial tumors and in 2 of 4 patients without intracranial tumors additional findings were demonstrated by MRI.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Swaiman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed