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*Sphenoid dysplasia or typical long-bone abnormalities (e.g. bowing). | *Sphenoid dysplasia or typical long-bone abnormalities (e.g. bowing). | ||
*First-degree relative with NF1. | *First-degree relative with NF1. | ||
===Mnemonic=== | |||
''CAFE SPOT'':<ref>URL: [http://www.paeds.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Mnemonics#Neurofibromatosis_Type_1_diagnostic_criteria http://www.paeds.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Mnemonics#Neurofibromatosis_Type_1_diagnostic_criteria]. Accessed on: 30 May 2011.</ref> | |||
* '''C'''afé-au-lait spots. | |||
* '''A'''xillary or inguinal freckling. | |||
* neuro'''F'''ibroma (two or more) '''or''' plexiform neurofibroma (one). | |||
* '''E'''ye hamartomas (Lisch nodules). | |||
* '''S'''keletal abnormalities, e.g. leg bowing. | |||
* '''P'''ositive family history. | |||
* '''O'''ptic '''T'''umour (optic nerve glioma). | |||
==NF2== | ==NF2== | ||