Neurofibromatosis Type 1 with Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 18(6); 2000 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2000;18(6): 798-800.

신경섬유종증 제1형 환자에서 보인 척수동정맥기형

곽규호, 한시령 ·이광수

가톨릭대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 with Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation

Tae-Ho Guak, M.D., Si-Ryung Han, M.D., Kwang-Soo Lee, M.D.

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis is a heterogenous hereditary disease with autosomal dominant transmission divided into two distinct types on the basis of genetic and clinical characteristics. Cervical vessels are rarely involved in neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen’s disease). In the present paper, we report a 32-year-old female patient of neurofibromatosis type 1 with spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM). She suffered from posterior neck pain and paresthesia on her right 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers for a half a year. MRI showed ectasia of the right dural sac and signal void tortuous tubular structures at the cervical level. The right vertebral artery fed this cervical AVM in angiography. J Korean Neurol Assoc 18(6):798~800, 2000Key Words : Neurofibromatosis type 1, Arteriovenous malformation, Vertebral artery