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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Neurofibromatosis type 1 is the most common of the phakomatoses and the clinical follow-up is an interdisciplinary challenge. The data of 27 patients with NF1 were systematically reviewed and compared to data from the literature. All of our patients had clinical signs of NF1. Besides the classic criteria café-au-lait spots (100%), freckling (48,1%), positive family history (44,1%), neurofibromas (40,7%), Lisch nodules (22,2%) and optic pathway tumors (22,2%) there were developmental delay (40,7%), macrocephaly (33,3%), strabism (29,6%), scoliosis (18,5%), epilepsy (14,8%), pubertal anomalies (14,8%), short stature (11,1%) and tics. Morphologically, CNS hamartomas (55,5%), astrocytomas (22,2%) and one pheochromocytoma became apparent. Special findings consist of one aneurysm of internal carotic arteria, juvenile xanthogranulomas, a case of pulmonary stenosis and an intracardial tumor. Four new mutations in the NF1 gene were found. Regular screening of optic glioma with MRI had no clinical significance. In contrast to other authors, one of our patients with optic glioma showed clinical progress after twelve years of age. The detection of astrocytomas led only to therapeutic consequences, when clinical signs or symptoms occurred. As with other authors, we found no potential for CNS hamartoma to proliferate. In three cases with pubertal anomalies we found CNS gliomas, which indicates the need for MRI. The expense of screening, apart from clinical surveillance, seems inadequate in relation to clinical relevance and costs. We describe four new mutations in the NF1 gene; there have been no specific genotype-phenotype correlations. Neurofibromatosis type 1 and associated clinical abnormalities in 27 children.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8630
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
219
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
326-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Astrocytoma, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Cardiovascular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Child, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Hamartoma, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Neurofibromatosis 1, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Optic Nerve Glioma, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Temporal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:18183640-Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile
pubmed:articleTitle
[Neurofibromatosis type 1 and associated clinical abnormalities in 27 children].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitätsklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche Leipzig, Leipzig. steffen.syrbe@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract