Neurofibromatosis type 1 = von Recklinghausen disease
Diagnostic criterias:
(dx = 2 out of 7)
- 6 or more café-au-lait macules over 5 mm in greatest diameter in pre-pubertal individuals and over 15 mm in greatest diameter in post-pubertal individuals
- 2 or more neurofibromas of any type or 1 plexiform neurofibroma
- Freckling in the axillary or inguinal regions
- Optic glioma
- 2 or more Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
- A distinctive osseous lesion such as sphenoid dysplasia or thinning of the long bone cortex with or without pseudarthrosis
- A first degree relative (parent, sibling, or offspring) with NF-1 by the above criteria
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neurofibroma?
neurofibroma???
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 = von Recklinghausen disease
Diagnostic criterias:
(dx = 2 out of 7)
- 6 or more café-au-lait macules over 5 mm in greatest diameter in pre-pubertal individuals and over 15 mm in greatest diameter in post-pubertal individuals
- 2 or more neurofibromas of any type or 1 plexiform neurofibroma
- Freckling in the axillary or inguinal regions
- Optic glioma
- 2 or more Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
- A distinctive osseous lesion such as sphenoid dysplasia or thinning of the long bone cortex with or without pseudarthrosis
- A first degree relative (parent, sibling, or offspring) with NF-1 by the above criteria
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