A patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 presenting with bilateral frontal lobe infarctions following anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture

• Main Authors: HMMTB Herath, Nilukshana Yogendranathan, Aruna Kulatunga
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-04-01
• Series: SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X19841151

Neurofibromatosis is a neurocutaneous genetic condition with dysplasia of the mesodermal and ectodermal tissues. Vascular abnormalities are well recognized in neurofibromatosis and cerebral aneurysms are rarely reported in literature. Here, we present a 20-year-old Sri Lankan female presented with headache, altered personality, disinhibited behaviour, and urinary incontinence. On imaging, she was found to have infarctions of both frontal lobes and evidence of a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm with a small subarachnoid haemorrhage. Another small middle cerebral artery aneurysm was also seen in the angiogram. She was managed conservatively and gradually recovered. Because aneurysms in neurofibromatosis are usually asymptomatic and as rupture of such an aneurysm is rare, regular vascular screening is not recommended to all patients with neurofibromatosis. This is the first case report in literature in which a patient with neurofibromatosis presented with infarctions of both frontal lobes due to rupture of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm.