Open AccessOral manifestations in neurofibromatosis type I: A case report
Author(s) -
Ashwinirani Suragimath,
Shobha Channabasappa Bijjargi,
Abhijeet Sande,
Veerendra Patil
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.143717
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , dermatology , neurofibromatosis type i , pathology
Neurofibroma is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor, which is one of the most frequent tumors of neural origin. The diagnosis of type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF-I) can be made if there is presence of a neurofibroma. Neurofibromatosis type 1 occurs due to an alteration in the long arm of chromosome 17 and is an autosomal dominant inherited disease. There is no family history of the disease in about 50% of the NF-I patients. NF-I is characterized by the presence of skin lesions (café-au-lait spots and neurofibromas), bone malformations, and central nervous system tumors. A series of clinical criteria decide the diagnosis of NF-I. This article reports a case of NF-I in a 61-year-old male patient with classical features