An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report.
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.
Weerasinghe
Chisha
C
Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James University Hospital Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF UK. chisha_wickrema@yahoo.com
Jesudason
Prem
P
Peckham
Daniel
D