title: A patient with optic pathway glioma, scoliosis, Chiari type I malformation and syringomyelia: is it Neurofibromatosis type 1?
abstract: A 22 years old girl had features of optic pathway glioma, scoliosis, Chiari type 1 malformation and cervical syringomyelia. She had no cutaneous lesions. We considered this combination to be more than coincidental and argue in favour of considering the case as a variant form of Neurofibromatosis type 1. The relevent literature in favour of our contention has been reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta, India.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakravarty
authors.forename: A
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authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: S
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authors.lastname: Nandy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*