Neuropediatrics 2008; 39(6): 341-343
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214422
Short Communication

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Segmental Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) Associated with Cobb Syndrome: Case Report

I. Pascual-Castroviejo 1 , S.-I. Pascual-Pascual 2 , J. Viaño 3
  • 1Private Surgery - Pediatric Neurology, Madrid, Spain
  • 2Pediatric Neurology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
  • 3Imaging Unit, Rosario Clinic, Madrid, Spain
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Publication History

received 25.08.2008

accepted 13.02.2009

Publication Date:
30 June 2009 (online)

Abstract

We present a 3-month-old girl who showed segmental NF1 and Cobb syndrome. She has a cutaneous vascular malformation located on the middle T4–T6 region superimposed on a giant cutaneous café-au-lait spot. Magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA) revealed bilateral renal artery stenosis, extensive hypertrophy of the spinal epidural venous plexus, coarctation and tubular hypoplasia of the aortic arch and proximal portion of descending aorta. To the best of our knowledge the association of both neurocutaneous disorders has not being previously described.

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