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Neurocutaneous 06

Topic: Pathology

Created on Monday, February 16 2009 by gliageek

Last modified on Monday, February 16 2009.


Courtesy of Dr. Mark Cohen
This epileptogenic lesion may also be encountered as an asymptomatic finding in which of the following diseases?

 
        A) Von Hippel-Lindau disease
 
        B) Sturge-Weber disease
 
        C) Neurofibromatosis, type 2
 
        D) Schwannomatosis
 
        E) Neurofibromatosis, type 1
 

 


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A) von Hippel-Lindau disease

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Meningeal hemangioblastoma may be seen in vHLD  (See References)

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B) Sturge-Weber disease

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SWD shows meningeal angiomatosis with associated cortical calcification  (See References)

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C) Neurofibromatosis, type 2

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For reasons which are not at all clear, meningioangiomatosis in NF2 is nearly always asymptomatic, even when multiple  (See References)

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D) Schwannomatosis

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Does not include meningioangiomatosis  (See References)

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E) Neurofibromatosis, type 1

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Meningioangiomatosis is NOT part of NF1, although included as part of VRD in older literature (before molecular separation of NF1 and NF2)  (See References)

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References:

1. Love, S., Louis, D.N., and Ellison, D.W. (2008). Greenfield's Neuropathology, 8th Edition. Oxford University Press, USA (ISBN:0340906820)Advertising:
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Neurocutaneous 06
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