Neurofibromatosis (NF): Symptoms
Neurofibromatosis is an inherited disorder of the nervous system.
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About Neurofibromatosis (NF): Symptoms
To diagnose NF1, a doctor looks for two or more of the following:
six or more light brown spots on the skin (often called “café-au-lait” spots), measuring more than 5 millimeters in diameter in children or more than 15 millimeters across in adolescents and adults; two or more neurofibromas, or one plexiform neurofibroma (a neurofibroma that involves many nerves); freckling in the area of the armpit or the groin; two or more growths on the iris of the eye (known as Lisch nodules or iris hamartomas); a tumor on the optic nerve (called an optic nerve glioma) abnormal development of the spine (scoliosis), the temple (sphenoid) bone of the skull, or the tibia (one of the long bones of the shin); a parent, sibling, or child with NF1….Read more about Neurofibromatosis (NF): SymptomsNIH – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke