INTRACRANIAL AND INTRASPINAL TUMOURS: REVIEW OF MRI FINDINGS IN A RARE NF-2 CASE

Abstract

K. Sahoo1, Ashima Mahajan2, A. V. Purohit3, Nupoor Kothari4

Neurofibromatosis type 2 is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome, characterized by multiple intracranial and intraspinal tumours associated with ocular abnormalities. The most common tumor associated with the disease is the vestibule cochlear schwannoma, and as many as 10% of patients with this tumor have neurofibromatosis type 2. Based on clinical and imaging findings the diagnostic of neurofibromatosis type 2 can be made. In this report we aim to report a 24-year-old male who was evaluated for progressive hearing loss, vertigo, ataxic gait and right lower limb weakness. During the workup, cranial CT, Brain and whole spine MRI was done which showed all the findings in one patient including bilateral vestibulocochlear schwannoma, multiple meningiomas, and intramedullary and extramedullary tumours in spinal cord

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