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Neurovascular Stains in Two Girls with Neurofibromatosis 1
Author(s) -
Crall Cary S.,
Rork Jillian,
Maguiness Sheliagh,
Schmidt Birgitta,
Gellis Stephen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12793
Subject(s) - neurovascular bundle , medicine , neurofibromatosis , dermatology , surgery , radiology
We report two girls, ages 9 and 17 years, with a clinical diagnosis of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF‐1) who presented with ill‐defined, blanchable, erythematous patches on the dorsal feet and ankles. We hypothesized that these patches were a rare cutaneous finding in NF‐1 that exist on a clinical and histopathologic spectrum with previously described NF‐1 vascular lesions including blue–red macules and skin ulceration due to NF‐1 vasculopathy. We suggest that these lesions be called neurovascular stains (NVSs) to unify their clinical and histopathologic features.