A Case of Neurofibromatosis without Cafe-au-lait Macule.
- Author:
Kwang Seob LEE
1
;
Deok Woong LEE
;
Dong Kyu YANG
;
Ki Bok KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatric, Kwangju Christian Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Child;
Humans;
Male;
Neurofibromatoses*;
Skin;
Skin Pigmentation
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1978;21(2):152-155
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Almost always patients with multiple neurofibromatosis show cafe-au-lait macules on their skin. At times the skin macules are seen even before the appearance of the neurofibromata in childhood. The author experienced one case of neurofibromatosis in a 12-year-old boy who has no cafe-au-lait macules. Besides the clinical peculiarity of having no skin pigmentation, the histopathology of the case showed well-formed double-palisading structure, which is not common among the micro-scopical findings of neurofibromata.
