Neurofibromatosis, Café Au Lait Spot, Neurofibroma - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

neurofibromatosis café au lait spot neurofibroma

Body Site

abdomen chest axilla (armpit)

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

brown

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 5-year-old boy had increasing numnbers of café au macules and superfician cutaneous neurofibromas. He also had a solitary plexiform neurofibroma on the right side of the abdomen with a large overlying café au lait spot and loose skin. He was being treated for esotropia. There was no family history of neurofibromatosis.

Description

multiple well demarcated light brown macule many overlying soft compressivle spongy nodules

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5/1/2003 22:13:55

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