Giant cystic lesion in neurofibromatosis.
In the case of an asymptomatic 10-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis type 1, a concomitant cystic brain lesion was demonstrated on cranial magnetic resonance imaging. The nature of these cysts is unknown: they may represent cellular degeneration of the lesions imaged as unidentified bright objects, cystic cortical dysplasia, or giant Virchow-Robin spaces. The novel finding in this child of coexisting unusual cystic lesion and neurofibromatosis could be coincidental; however, recent report of an asymptomatic cystic lesion in two patients with neurofibromatosis suggests otherwise.
Cohen
Rony
R
Department of Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy Center, 14 Kaplan Street, Petach-Tikva 49202, Israel. cohenzr@bezeqint.net
Kornreich
Liora
L
Shuper
Avinoam
A
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors