neurofibromatosis

Neurofibromatoses (NF) comprise a number of clinically and genetically distinct inherited conditions that carry a high risk of tumor formation. They fall under the wider classification of phakomatoses. The tumors particularly involve the central and peripheral nervous systems:

• neurofibromatosis type 1
• neurofibromatosis type 2
• schwannomatosis

Siehe auch:

• Neurofibromatose Typ 1
• Neurofibromatose Typ 2

und weiter:

• Café-au-lait-Fleck
• multiple zystische Lungenherde
• Beckwith-Wiedemann-Syndrom
• Proteus-Syndrom
• Drusen der Papilla nervi optici
• conditions involving skin and bone
• Hemihyperplasie
• mass involving the foramen of Monro or/and superior third ventricle
• gracile bones (mnemonic)
• sporadisches Neurofibrom
• Kongenitale Pseudarthrose der Tibia
• thorakale Meningozele
• very bizarre generalised lesions (mnemonic)
• Neurofibromatose der Mamma
• intraspinales Schwannom
• intracranial findings in neurofibromatosis type 1
• Mid-Aortic-Syndrom
• cutaneous neurofibromas
• Elephantiasis
• thoracic meningocele in a patient with neurofibromatosis