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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 131-133 |
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The mystery of brown shawl over back: a rare case of giant plexiform neurofibroma underlying a giant café-au-lait macule
Kinjal D Rambhia1, Sumit A Hajare2, Jayesh I Mukhi2, Rajesh Pratap Singh2
1 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, HBTMC and Dr RN Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sumit A Hajare
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College, Nagpur 440018, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/Pigmentinternational.Pigmentinternational_
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Neurofibromatosis is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by café-au-lait macules and cutaneous neurofibromas. Café-au-lait spots are sharply defined, light-brown colored homogenous macules observed in more than 90% of cases. Plexiform neurofibromas are benign tumors originating from nerve sheath cells, subcutaneous or visceral peripheral nerves involving multiple fascicles often described on palpation as a bag of worms. We describe a case of 25-year-old male who presented with a giant plexiform neurofibroma underlying a giant café-au-lait macule.
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