Open AccessPoliosis and Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Two Familiar Cases and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Iria Neri,
Giulia Liberati,
Bianca Maria Piraccini,
Annalisa Patrizi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000477445
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , medicine , scalp , dermatology , plexiform neurofibroma , neurofibroma , pathology
Two brothers were referred to our clinic for reevaluation of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Both brothers presented a peculiarity that is not so common in NF1: poliosis overlying plexiform neurofibromas on the scalp. Poliosis overlying plexiform neurofibromas is rarely reported in the literature. The peculiarity of our cases is the familiarity and the presence of poliosis in the same location.