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Washington University Experience | NEOPLASMS - CRANIAL AND PARASPINAL NERVEs | Neurofibroma | 6A Neurofibroma, plexiform (NF1) (Case 6) T2 STIR - Copy - Copy
Case 6 History ---- The patient is an 18 year old woman with a history of neurofibromatosis (NF1), who has severe pain secondary to neurofibromas of the scalp. Operative procedure: Excision of a large neurofibroma of the left occiput, and excision of a small neurofibroma of the right posterior parietal scalp. ---- 6A Not surprisingly, this patient has extensive tumor growth in addition to her scalp lesions including plexiform involvement of the caudal roots which are expanded and show STIR hyperintensity.
