High-grade primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis in a child with neurofibromatosis Type 1.
The authors report on a child with known neurofibromatosis Type 1 who developed high-grade diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis, without a known primary glioma. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of the coexistence of these conditions in a child.
King
James A J
JA
Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. jamesking71@hotmail.com
Halliday
William
W
Drake
James M
JM
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery