Multiple neurofibromas of the spinal nerve roots.

This report describes a rare case of a suspected neurofibromatosis type 1 patient who had multiple bilateral spinal neurofibromas from the cervical to the sacral spinal dorsal nerve roots. The lesions were readily detected by MR imaging and the largest tumour was successfully resected. We provide a brief review of the literature, emphasising the usefulness of MR imaging in the diagnosis and evaluation of spinal neurofibromas.