Prevalence of Café-au-Lait Spots in children with solid tumors

Prevalence of Café-au-Lait Spots in children with solid tumors

Cafe-au-lait maculae (CALM) are frequently observed in humans, and usually are present as a solitary spot. Multiple CALMs are present in a smaller fraction of the population and are usually associated with other congenital anomalies as part of many syndromes. Most of these syndromes carry an increased risk of cancer development. Previous studies have indicated that minor congenital anomalies ma...

A child with axillary freckling and café au lait spots.

Pulmonary stenosis, café-au-lait spots, and dull intelligence.

Of the many abnormalities that have been reported in association with multiple caf&-au-lait spots, congenital cardiac anomalies are extremely rare. The purpose of this paper is to report three families in which there were children with pulmonary valvular stenosis, who were mentally dull and also had cafe-au-lait spots inherited as an autosomal dominant, as in von Recklinghausen's disease (VRD)....

Diagnostic value of the café-au-lait spot in children.

The significance of the cafe-au-lait spot in the diagnosis of certain disorders of childhood is still not as widely appreciated as it should be, partly due to lack of information as to the normal incidence of such pigmentation, and partly to confusion over its relation to other forms of congenital pigmentation. The varieties of congenital melanin pigmentation of the skin consist of a number of ...

Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots

A 6-year-old boy diagnosed as anisometropic amblyopia, with only café-au-lait spots and a family history of neurofibromatosis, presented with decrease in vision in the both eyes. Dilated fundus examination showed epiretinal membrane in both eyes over the macula. He underwent successful surgical management of the epiretinal membrane.