neurofibromatosis type 2 (mnemonic)
Useful mnemonics for neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) are:
- MISME
- rule of 2s
Mnemonics
MISME
- M: multiple
- I: inherited
- S: schwannomas
- M: meningiomas and
- E: ependymomas
In fact, labeling this disorder neurofibromatosis type 2 is a misnomer, because neurofibromas are not a part of its constellation of abnormalities .
Rule of 2s
- neurofibromatosis type 2
- chromosome 22 (22q12) gene location
- bilateral vestibular schwannomas
- presents in 2-4 decades (around 20 years)
- initial prevalence estimated to be 1:200,000, now thought ~1:25,000
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu neurofibromatosis type 2 (mnemonic):
