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The patient in this report was a 36-year-old man presenting with lower limb weakness, unsteady gait, and paresthesia. The patient also presented with multiple cutaneous caf\u00e9-au-lait spots, cutaneous neurofibromas, and a large neurocutaneous neurofibroma of right facial nerve. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spine revealed bilateral spinal neurofibromas across all spinal cord roots. MRI study of head revealed no abnormalities in the brain and optic tract. The patient fulfilled both NIH criteria as well as revised criteria for NF1. Despite total spinal cord involvement, surgical intervention was withheld from the patient due to high propensity of recurrence as seen with previous attempts in removing peripheral neurofibromas, slow progression of symptoms, and lack of significant pain and impairment. SNF is often described as a form of disease with infrequent presentation of classical NF1 symptoms other than spinal tumors. The case presented here however, presented with several cutaneous neurofibromas and caf\u00e9-au-lait spots. 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