ea0012p17 | Clinical case reports/Governance | SFE2006
Sharma AS
, Emery ME
, Metcalfe KM
, Sabin HIS
, Drake WMD
A 55year old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 and hypertension presented with a 1 month history of recurrent falls. Examination revealed an unsteady gait with poor co-ordination, impaired joint position sense and a positive Rombergs test, with no other abnormal neurological findings.An MRI spine revealed an expanding intramedullary lesion T8-L1 with a differential diagnosis of an ependymoma, astrocytoma and intradural extra medullary schwannoma.</...