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The neurofibromatoses are genetic disorders that cause tumors to grow in the nervous system. The tumors begin in the supporting cells that make up the nerves and the myelin sheath--the thin membrane that envelops and protects the nerves. These disorders cause tumors to grow on nerves and produce other abnormalities such as skin changes and bone deformities.
Abstracted and reported by Siddiqui and Shah (2004)
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Siddiqui AA, Shah AA. Complete surgical excision of intramedullary schwannoma at the craniovertebral junction in neurofibromatosis type-2. Br J Neurosurg. 2004;18(2):193–6.
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Eltorai, I.M. (2016). Intramedullary Schwannoma Associated with Neurofibromatosis. In: Rare Diseases and Syndromes of the Spinal Cord. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45147-3_119
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