Premium
Ipsilateral café‐au‐lait macules, deafness, and pituitary microadenoma in a 35‐year‐old woman
Author(s) -
Valdivieso Rommel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03236.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy
Background The association between ipsilateral café‐au‐lait macules, deafness, and pituitary adenoma has not been described previously. Case report and results A 35‐year‐old woman affected since birth with two café‐au‐lait macules, one measuring 15 × 20 cm, with an irregular shape, covering almost all of the left buttock, and the other measuring 6 × 13 cm on the front side of the left thigh, is described. For as long as the patient can remember, she has been totally deaf in the left ear, diagnosed as 100% congenital sensorineural deafness. In addition, a left‐side pituitary microadenoma was detected at the age of 31 years. She was also found to have a transitional lumbosacral vertebra, and multiple dermatofibromas and nevomelanocytic nevi. Conclusion It is suggested that this association is not a coincidence, but is part of a neurocutaneous syndrome which has not been described previously.