Ruptured posterior cerebral artery aneurysm in association with neurofibromatosis type 2 – A case report

Abstract

Intracranial aneurysms have been described in patients with Neurofibromatosis (NF)- 1, but not with NF-2 apart from one instance of a middle meningeal artery aneurysm (Louis DN, Ramesh V, Gusella JF. Neuropathology and molecular genetics of neurofibromatosis 2 and related tumors.¹ We report a case of NF-2 and ruptured posterior cerebral artery aneurysm.

Key words:

• Neurofibromatosis type 2
• intracranial aneurysm
• Merlin

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