{"title":"Foramen magnum syndrome from a tumor in a neurofibromatosis type 1 patient","authors":"L. Owolabi, H. Mohammed, I. Alhaji","doi":"10.4103/0331-3131.141029","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Foramen magnum tumors are rare in neurofibromatosis type 1. They may present with bizarre symptoms and may mimic many neurological conditions. We report a case of foramen magnum syndrome secondary to tumor misdiagnosed as cervical spine tuberculosis.","PeriodicalId":331118,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nigerian Medicine","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of Nigerian Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/0331-3131.141029","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Foramen magnum tumors are rare in neurofibromatosis type 1. They may present with bizarre symptoms and may mimic many neurological conditions. We report a case of foramen magnum syndrome secondary to tumor misdiagnosed as cervical spine tuberculosis.