Sacroiliac Joint Involvement in von Recklinghausen Neurofibromatosis

Olfa SAIDANE, Ines CHERIF, Rawdha TEKAYA, Ines MAHMOUD, Leila ABDELMOULA

Department of Rheumatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

Keywords: Neurofibroma, neurofibromatosis type I, sacroiliac joint

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis (NF) type I is a genetic disorder caused by a mutation of the NF type I gene. This disease is associated with a variety of skeletal manifestations. In this article, we report a 33-year-old female patient with a known history of von Recklinghausen’s disease and inflammatory right buttock pain. Diagnostic imaging pointed out unilateral sacroiliitis possibly of a septic origin. Sacroiliac biopsy showed histological patterns consistent with NF. This case report summarizes an exceptional localization of NF mimicking the imaging of infectious sacroiliitis.

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