[An infant with a bowed lower leg]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2015:159:A8886.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

The parents of a 5-month-old boy noticed bowing of his left leg. Radiographic survey showed an anterolateral bowing of the left tibia and fibula with intramedullary sclerosis, typical for neurofibromatosis type 1. As the mother had neurofibromatosis, this boy was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fibula / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibula / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leg
  • Male
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis*
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / genetics
  • Radiography
  • Tibia / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibia / pathology*