Multiple radicular tumors in von Recklinghausen disease assessed by magnetic resonance

: We present a case of multiple neurofibromata at lumbar nerve root level in a patient diagnosed as having Von Reckling-hausen's disease or type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF 1), studied using magnetic resonance (MR). We also observed in the same study the presence of dural ectasis, something likewise related to NF 1. We assessed MR possibilities in the study of this type of pathology and its relative advantages with respect to other types of image-forming techniques. MR is nowadays considered as the technique of choice when studying medullar and radicular pathology in patients suffering Von Recklinghausen's disease.