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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Galvez JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5766306 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sultan Qaboos University medical journal 20171101 4
Type I neurofibromatosis is characterised by altered skin pigmentation and the growth of benign tumours, particularly along the peripheral nerves and central nervous system. We report a 36-year-old <i>primigravida</i> woman in labour who was admitted to the obstetric suite of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, in 2007 with hypothyroidism, type I neurofibromatosis and a factor V Leiden mutation. Due to a lack of cranial and spinal imaging data, an epidural was not indicated; instead ...[more]