Neurofibromatosis-1
Alternate Names : NF1, vonRecklinghausen Neurofibromatosis
 See all Pictures & Images
Neurofibromatosis-1 Symptoms & Signs
Symptoms can be extremely varied, depending on the age of the patient and severity of the disease.
Symptoms may include:
- Mild impairment of intellectual function, attention deficit disorder
- Fracture of the long bones of the leg in early childhood
- "Coffee with milk" (cafe-au-lait) spots on the skin
- Freckles in the underarm or groin
- Convulsions
- Pain (associated with affected peripheral nerves)
- Blindness
- Rubbery tumors of the skin called nodular neurofibromas
- Soft tumors which may have a darker color called plexiform neurofibromas
|
