PHAKOMATOSES
Dr / Hytham Nafady
Definition
Definition
Phakos, oma, osis.
Van der Hoeve in 1921

Neuro-cutaneous
syndromes.

Exception
Sturge Weber syndrome
(no neoplastic component)
Von Hippel Lindau disease
(no cutaneous manifestation)

Yakovlev and Guthrie in 1931

Dysplasia & / or
TS & NF
neoplasms of tissues of (have endodermal &
ectodermal origin
mesodermal lesions).
Yakovlev and Guthrie in 1931
COMMON
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NF1
NF2
Tuberous sclerosis
Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Von Hipple Lindau disease

UNCOMMON
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6.

Proteus syndrome,
Osler-Weber-Rendu
disease,
Klipple trenaunay.
Ataxia telangiectasia,
Meningio-angiomatosis,
Incontentia pigmenti.
Tuberous sclerosis
Etiology:
• 50 % autosomal dominant inheritence.
• 50 % spontaneous mutation.
• Defects in chromosomes 9 & 11.
Tuberous sclerosis

C.P
Tuberous sclerosis

Seizures

Adenoma
sebaceum

Mental retardation
Zits
Fits

Nitwits
Cutaneous lesions of
tuberous sclerosis
• Adenoma sebaceum.
Cutaneous lesions of
tuberous sclerosis
• Adenoma sebaceum.
• Ash leaf spots.
Cutaneous lesions of
tuberous sclerosis
• Adenoma sebaceum.
• Ash leaf spots.
• Shagreen patch.
Cutaneous lesions of
tuberous sclerosis
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Adenoma sebaceum.
Ash leaf spots.
Shagreen patch.
Confetti lesions.
Cutaneous lesions of
tuberous sclerosis
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Adenoma sebaceum.
Ash leaf spots.
Shagreen patch.
Confetti lesions.
Periangual fibromas
Adenoma sebaceum
Facial angiofibromas
• Small erythematous papules
Ash leaf spots
• Hypo-pigmentd macule

‫الدردار‬
Shagreen patch
Confetti lesions
Periangual fibroma
CNS lesions of tuberous sclerosis
• Cortical tubers.
CNS lesions of tuberous sclerosis
• Cortical tubers.
• White matte lesions.
CNS lesions of tuberous sclerosis
• Cortical tubers.
• White matte lesions.
• Subependymal nodules.
CNS lesions of tuberous sclerosis
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Cortical tubers.
White matte lesions.
Subependymal nodules.
SGCA.
Subependymal nodules
Location:
• Caudothalamic groove of
lateral ventricle.
Subependymal nodules
Location:
• Caudothalamic groove of
lateral ventricle.
Subependymal nodules
Location:
• Caudothalamic groove of
lateral ventricle.
Subependymal nodules
Location:
• Caudothalamic groove of
lateral ventricle.

What are the lesions that involve caudothalamic groove?
Subependymal nodules
Location:
• Caudothalamic groove of
lateral ventricle
• atrium.
• Temporal horn
• Occipital horn.
• (very rare in 3rd of 4th
ventricle).
• 88% calcified.
• Enhancement is variable
Subependymal nodules
Location:
• Caudothalamic groove of
lateral ventricle
• atrium.
• Temporal horn
• Occipital horn.
• (very rare in 3rd of 4th
ventricle).
• 88% calcified.
• Enhancement is variable
Subependymal nodules
Location:
• Caudothalamic groove of
lateral ventricle
• atrium.
• Temporal horn
• Occipital horn.
• (very rare in 3rd of 4th
ventricle).
• 88% calcified.
• Enhancement is variable
Cortical tubers
Location:
• Frontal
• Parietal.
• Temporal.
• Cerebellar.
5% may enhance.
50% become
calcified by the
age of 10 years.
White matter lesions
Location:
• Along lines of
neuronal migration
SGCA
• Enlarging enhancing nodule at the
foramen of Monro.
SGCA
• Enlarging enhancing nodule at the
foramen of Monro.
DD of tuberous sclerosis
DD of
subependymal
nodules

Non clacified

Subependymal heterotopia

Calcified

TORCH

DD of cortical tubers

Focal cortical dysplasia

DD of SGCA

Foramen of Monro masses
DD of subpendymal nodules
Subependymal nodules

Subependymal hetertopia

Rounded or oval with their Oval with their long axis
long axis perpendicular the parallel to the ventricular
ventricular wall.
wall.
Variable.

Iso-intense to grey matter
on all pulse sequences

May be calcified.
May be enhancing.

Never calcified.
No enhancement
Subependymal
nodules

Subependymal
heterotopia
CMV

TS
CMV

TS
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Subependymal heterotopia
DD of cortical tubers
• Focal cortical dysplasia (Taylor dysplasia)
DD of cortical tubers
• Focal cortical dysplasia (Taylor dysplasia)
DD of cortical tubers
• Focal cortical dysplasia (Taylor dysplasia)
DD of cortical tubers
• Focal cortical dysplasia (Taylor dysplasia)
DD of cortical tubers
• Focal cortical dysplasia (Taylor dysplasia)
DD of cortical tubers
• Focal cortical dysplasia (Taylor dysplasia)
DD of cortical tubers
• Focal cortical dysplasia (Taylor dysplasia)
DD of SGCA
Renal angiomyolipoma
AML
Ruptured renal AML
Ruptured renal AML
Retroperitoneal LAM
Intestinal polyposis

AML
Pulmonary
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage
Cardiac rhabdomyomas
• Multiple hyperechoic masses
Multiple sclerotic lesoins
Neurofibromatosis
Autosomal dominant
NF1..Ch 17, NF 2…..Ch 22
NF 1 presents in children & NF2 at a later
age.
NF1 (peripheral NF) NF2 (central NF)
Nerve sheath tumors
Schwannoma

Neurofibroma
Resection of Schwannoma
Biopsy of plexiform neurofibroma of
peripheral nerve for suspecion of
malignant transformation
Signs of nerve sheath tumor
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Fusiform.
Entering & exiting nerve.
Split fat sign.
Target sign.
Fascicular sign
Associated muscle atrophy.
Neurofibroma
Schwannoma
NF
Types of neurofibroma
• Localized (involve a short segment).
• Plexiform (involve a long segment & its
branches).
• Diffuse (infiltrate subcutaneous fat).
• A short segment means (a nerve can be traced
entering & exiting from the mass).
• A long segment means ( a nerve can not be
traced entering or exiting from the mass).
Diffuse
neurofibroma
Teenage female with NF1 &
enlarging pigmented skin lesions
Plexiform
neurofibroma
Localized neurofibroma
MPNST
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Unexplained pain.
Unexpected growth.
Irregular borders.
Heterogeneous signal
NF1
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Von Recklinghausen disease
This is the most common phakomatosis.
50% autosomal dominant inheritence.
50% new mutation
Diagnostic criteria of NF1
Two of the following must be present to diagnose as NF1:
• 6 or more cafe-au-lait macules .
• 2 or more neurofibromas of any type or 1 plexiform
neurofibroma,
• freckling in the axillary or inguinal regions
• optic glioma,
• 2 or more Lisch nodules,
• distinctive bony lesion (i.e. sphenoid dysplasia, thinning of
long bone cortex with or without pseudoarthrosis),
• a first degree relative diagnosed with NF1.
Cutaneuos manifestations of NF
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Café au lait spots.
Lisch nodules.
Plexiform neurofibromas.
Axillary freckling.
Molloscum fibrosum.
Café au lait spots
Lisch nodules
• Melanocytic hamartoma of the iris.
Plexiform neurofibroma
Axillary freckling
Molluscum fibrosum
Neurological NF1
• Hamartomas.
• Gliomas:
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Optic glioma.
Pilocytic astrocytoma.
Diffuse brain stem glioma.
Spinal astrocytoma

• Dural calcification at vertex
• Dural ectasia
• Buphthalmos.
Hamartomas
Optic pathway glioma
Optic pathway glioma
Diffuse brain stem glioma
Pilocytic astrocytoma
NF1

Hamartoma vs glioma
Chest
• Mediastinal masses:
– Neurofibroma.
– Lateral thoracic meningocele :
typically on convex side of scoliosis (through
widened neural formina)
– extra adrenal pheochromcytoma.

• Lung parenchymal disease : ~ 20%
– Diffuse interstitial fibrosis: lower zone
– Bullae formation : upper zone
Lateral thoracic meningocele
Lateral thoracic meningocele
Vascular
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Moya Moya phenomenon.
Aneurysms / AVMs
Renal artery stenosis.
Coarctation of the aorta.
Skeletal NF1
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Sphenoid wing dysplasia
Lambdoid suture defects.
Enlarged neural foramina.
Kyphoscoliosis.
Posterior vertebral scalloping.
Hypoplastic posterior elements
Ribbon rib deformity.
Rib notching.
Tibial or ulnar pseudoarthrosis
Limb hemihypertrophy.
Sphenoid wing dysplasia
Bare orbit sign
Bare orbit sign
Bare orbit sign
Lambdoid suture defect
Vertebral scalloping
Dural ectasia & posterior
vertebral scalloping
DD of posterior
vertebral scalloping
Posterior vertebral scalloping
due to small spinal canal

Posterior vertebral scalloping
due to dural ectasia
Ribbon ribs
Tibial pseudoarthrosis
• Anterior bowing of the tibia with:
1.Preserved medullary canal.
2.Thinned medullary canal & cortical
thickening.
3.Intramedullary cyst.
4.Frank pseudoarthrosis.
NF2
• Intracranial Schwannomas.
• Intracranial & spinal meningiomas.
• Spinal intramedullary ependymomas.
Diagnostic Criteria for NF-2
• Definite NF2
Bilateral vestibular schwannomas (VS)
• Probable NF2:
Family history of NF2 (first degree family relative) +
Unilateral VS or any two of the following:
– Meningioma,
– Glioma,

– Schwannoma,
– Juvenile posterior subcapsular lenticular opacity,
– Juvenile cortical cataract
NF 2

Bilateral vestibular Schwannoma

Multiple Meningiomas
Right CP angle
meningioma

Left CP angle
schwannoma
CP angle
Meningioma

CP angle
Schwannoma
Intra-canalicular extension, with
widening of the internal auditory
.canal

Wide dural base

Centered upon the porus
.acousticus

Obtuse angle along the
anterior & posterior borders

Acute angle along the anterior &
posterior borders

.Dural tail enhancement
Hyperostosis
.Microhemorrhage on T2* Wis
NF2
Sturge Weber syndrome
encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis
• Congenital non hereditary disorder.
• Failure of normal development of fetal cortical
veins.
Port wine stain (Portuguese wine)
Sturge Weber syndrome
Von Hippel Lindau disease
• Autosomal dominant inheritence 80%.
• New mutation 20%.
• Defect in chromosome 3.
Von Hipple Lindau disease
Von Hipple Lindau disease
• ~ 45% of those with vHL develop
haemangioblastomas
• ~ 20% of those with haemangioblastoma
have vHL
Hemangioblastoma

Age: young adults
Tumor nodule: show
vascular flow voids

Pilocytic astrocytoma

Age: children
Tumor nodule: lack
vascular flow voids

Tumor nodule abuts
Tumor nodule often
the pial or ependymal doesn’t abut pial or
surface
ependymal surface.
Endolymphatic sac
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Phakomatoses