Weerasinghe, C, Jesudason, P and Peckham, D orcid.org/0000-0001-7723-1868 (2009) An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report. Cases Journal, 2 (1). p. 8399. ISSN 1757-1626
Abstract
Introduction
In this report we discuss an unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in association with neurofibromatosis.
Case presentation
A previously fit 55-year-old man developed sudden onset headache with loss of consciousness. He was comatose on admission with no focal neurological signs. Numerous neurofibromas and café-au-lait patches were noted, indicating neurofibromatosis type 1 which had not been previously diagnosed. Computer Tomography brain revealed a grade IV subarachnoid haemorrhage in association with numerous vascular lesions on cerebral angiography.
Conclusion
A rare cause of subarachnoid haemorrhages was identified and is discussed in detail.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2009 Weerasinghe et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Internal Carotid Artery; Subarachnoid Haemorrhage; Neurofibromatosis; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis Type |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2019 08:43 |
Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2019 08:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BMC |
Identification Number: | 10.4076/1757-1626-2-8399 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93140 |