Difference between revisions of "Neurofibromatosis"

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It comes in two flavours:
It comes in two flavours:
#NF1 (peripheral).
#Neurofibromatosis type 1 - NF1 (peripheral).
#NF2 (central).
#Neurofibromatosis type 2 - NF2 (central).


==NF1==
==Neurofibromatosis type 1==
Features (need 2/7 to diagnose):<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177266-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177266-overview]. Accessed on: 3 May 2010.</ref>
Features (need 2/7 to diagnose):<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177266-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177266-overview]. Accessed on: 3 May 2010.</ref>
#Two or more [[neurofibroma]]s or one plexiform neurofibroma.
#Two or more [[neurofibroma]]s or one plexiform neurofibroma.
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* '''O'''ptic '''T'''umour (optic nerve glioma).
* '''O'''ptic '''T'''umour (optic nerve glioma).


==NF2==
==Neurofibromatosis type 2==
Features (need 1/3 to diagnose):<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1178283-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1178283-overview]. Accessed on: 3 May 2010.</ref>
Features (need 1/3 to diagnose):<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1178283-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1178283-overview]. Accessed on: 3 May 2010.</ref>
#Bilateral CNVIII masses on imaging.
#Bilateral CNVIII masses on imaging.
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