title: Neuroimaging findings in neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2.
abstract: Neuroimaging, particularly MR imaging, plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of the patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2. These phakomatoses are complex disorders affecting multiple cell types and multiple systems of the body with a wide range of expression. This article summarizes the neuroradiologic central nervous system findings in these neurocutaneous disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. tina.poussaint@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Young Poussaint
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D016518:Neurofibromatosis 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography