Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): tumours

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): tumours. Optic pathway glioma (OPG), Brainstem gliomas, Other brain gliomas. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Gliomas

  • Optic pathway glioma (OPG)
  • Brainstem gliomas
  • Other brain gliomas

Glomus tumours

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Neurofibromas: typical and plexiform: complications

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Bilateral spinal neurofibromatosis (SNF)

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Systemic tumours

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Unidentified bright objects (UBOs)

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References

  1. Ferner RE, Huson SM, Thomas N, et al. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of individuals with neurofibromatosis 1. J Med Genet 2007; 44:81-88.
  2. Evans DGR, Salvador H, Chang VY, et al. Cancer and central nervous system tumor surveillance in pediatric neurofibromatosis 1. Clin Cancer Res 2017; 23:e46-e53. 
  3. Campian J, Gutmann DH. CNS tumors in neurofibromatosis. J Clin Oncol 2017; 35:2378-2385. 
  4. Pannu AK, Sharma N. Neurofibromatosis type 1 and disseminated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. QJM 2017; 110:583-584. 
  5. James AW, Shurell E, Singh A, Dry SM, Eilber FC. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2016; 25:789-802. 
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