Click on Image for Larger ViewYoung adult female with known NF1 and multiple peripheral neuromas. The patient had a prior neurofibrosarcoma in the left sacral plexus resected 4 years ago. She presented to another hospital for pain and on a routine MRI of the lumbar spine a suspicicious area was noted. PET / CT was done at our facility and I fused it to the T2 axial Lsp MRI above. The patient has a recurrent neurofibrosarcoma in the left sacral plexus.
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