Detection of Cerebral Vasculopathy by Transcranial Doppler in Children With Neurofibromatosis Type 1
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2016
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Sagica Fernandes Paschoal, Joelma Karin 
de Lima, Fernanda Teresa
Pinho, Ricardo Silva
Pereira Vilanova, Luiz Celso
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 is characterized by nerve sheath neurofibromas associated with a number of additional clinical features, including cerebrovascular disease. The aim of this study was to use transcranial Doppler as a screening method for identifying cerebral vasculopathy in children with neurofibromatosis type 1. Forty children with neurofibromatosis type 1, aged 5 to 18 years old, were examined by transcranial Doppler. Patients presenting with hemodynamic features of arterial stenosis/occlusion on transcranial Doppler underwent magnetic resonance angiography to confirm the findings. Magnetic resonance angiography was performed on 4 children who exhibited a transcranial Doppler hemodynamic pattern indicative of cerebral vasculopathy. Among these cases, 2 presented internal carotid artery stenosis/occlusion, 1 had bilateral middle cerebral artery stenosis, and 1 presented a normal magnetic resonance angiography result. Transcranial Doppler can be used routinely in the investigation of cerebrovascular disease in neurofibromatosis type 1 patients, where magnetic resonance angiography can be subsequently applied to confirm the diagnosis, further contributing to the prevention of cerebrovascular events.
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Journal Of Child Neurology. Thousand Oaks, v. 31, n. 3, p. 351-356, 2016.