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Case Reports
. 1986 Dec;19(6):1035-7.
doi: 10.1227/00006123-198612000-00024.

Neurofibromatosis presenting with aqueductal stenosis due to a tumor of the aqueduct: case report

K Hosoda, Y Kanazawa, J Tanaka, N Tamaki, S Matsumoto
Case Reports

Neurofibromatosis presenting with aqueductal stenosis due to a tumor of the aqueduct: case report

K Hosoda et al. Neurosurgery. 1986 Dec.

Abstract

A 17-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis presented with delayed puberty and epileptic seizures of recent onset. A computed tomographic scan revealed aqueductal stenosis due to a tumor of the aqueduct. This tumor was found at autopsy to be a pilocytic astrocytoma. Aqueductal stenosis in neurofibromatosis is uncommon and has been considered to be a result of periaqueductal gliosis. This seems to be the first report of neurofibromatosis associated with a tumor of the aqueduct.

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