[Vascular involvement in neurofibromatosis 1]

Vascular complications are rarely found in neurofibromatosis. The case of a female patient with this condition is reported, who showed systemic vascular involvement, with juvenile stroke, mesenteric infarction, and stenosis of the renal artery with consequent renal hypertension. The typical clinical and morphological features of vascular complications in neurofibromatosis are discussed.