title: An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this report we discuss an unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in association with neurofibromatosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A previously fit 55-year-old man developed sudden onset headache with loss of consciousness. He was comatose on admission with no focal neurological signs. Numerous neurofibromas and café-au-lait patches were noted, indicating neurofibromatosis type 1 which had not been previously diagnosed. Computer Tomography brain revealed a grade IV subarachnoid haemorrhage in association with numerous vascular lesions on cerebral angiography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A rare cause of subarachnoid haemorrhages was identified and is discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James University Hospital Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF UK. chisha_wickrema@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Chisha
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weerasinghe
authors.forename: Prem
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jesudason
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peckham