Willmann Jürgen K, Weishaupt Dominik, Kestenholz Peter B, von Smekal Alexander, Marincek Borut
Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Eur Radiol. 2002 Jan;12(1):190-2. doi: 10.1007/s003300100892. Epub 2001 May 12.
Tracheal involvement is an extremely rare manifestation in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). We present a 33-year-old women with NF-1 suffering from progressive dyspnea. Multislice spiral CT revealed a neurofibroma located within the trachea with intratracheal extension. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an intratracheal neurofibroma which has been documented by CT. This indicates that multislice spiral CT allows accurate demonstration of localization and extent of this rare manifestation of neurofibromas.
