Giant plexiform neurofibroma causing asymptomatic cervical spinal cord compression in a child with neurofibromatosis type 1

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Apr 25:2013:bcr2013009799. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009799.

Authors

Jeffrey J Gold¹, Michael L Levy, John Ross Crawford

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neurofibroma, Plexiform / complications*
Neurofibroma, Plexiform / diagnosis
Neurofibroma, Plexiform / surgery
Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications*
Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis
Neurofibromatosis 1 / surgery
Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
Spinal Cord Compression / surgery