Diagnosis: Von Recklinghausen's disease
Description: Multiple skin-coloured neurofibromas on the lower part of the face
Morphology: Nodule,skin coloured
Site: Face
Sex: M
Age: 50
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential Diagnosis
History:
A 50-year-old man who is deaf and mute since birth has had multiple light brown macules and patches since birth. At age of puberty he developed many skin-coloured, soft, dome-shaped nodules mainly on the trunk and face. These nodules increased in size and number with increasing age. He has no similar family condition.