An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report

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. N...

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Autores principales: Weerasinghe, Chisha, Jesudason, Prem, Peckham, Daniel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918425
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8399
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description 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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spelling pubmed-27694352009-11-16 An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report Weerasinghe, Chisha Jesudason, Prem Peckham, Daniel Cases J Case report 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. Cases Network Ltd 2009-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2769435/ /pubmed/19918425 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8399 Text en © 2009 Weerasinghe et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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.
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title An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report
title_full An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report
title_fullStr An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report
title_full_unstemmed An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report
title_short An unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report
title_sort unusual cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed neurofibromatosis: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918425
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