NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1: REPORT OF TWO CONTRASTING CASES

N. SHEIKH, S.O. MCLIGEYO

Abstract


We present two cases of neurofibromatosis type 1(NF-1), one a 35 year old male who
first recognised his problem at the age of fifteen years and at the time of assessment,
satisfied the National Institute of Health (NIH) diagnostic criteria for NF-1 and had
a nodular plexiform neurofibroma involving the left fifth dorsal nerve root and a
diffuse plexiform neurofibroma involving the left lower limb. The second patient, a
45 year old female recognised her problem at the age of 39 years, did not quite satisfy
the NIH diagnostic criteria for NF 1 and had diffuse plexiform neurofibroma involving
both lower limbs and buttocks almost symmetrically, a finding which has not
previously been described to the best of our knowledge. The scarcity of management
options are briefly outlined.

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