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People with these symptoms also use Ubie's symptom checker to find possible causes

  • Red skin bumps

  • Yellow skin bumps

  • Skin tightness of the fingers

  • Yellowish skin lumps

  • Lumps under skin

  • Yellow skin lumps

  • Discolored macules or moles on skin/mucus membranes

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Learn more about Neurofibromatosis

Content updated on Sep 20, 2022

What is neurofibromatosis?

This is a disorder that causes tumors to grow on the nerves in the spinal cord or brain. The tumors are usually benign, but can occasionally become cancerous. The disorder can be inherited or can arise sometime during life due to gene mutation. There are three kinds of neurofibromatosis with different symptoms, and they are usually diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood.

Symptoms of neurofibromatosis

  • Red or yellow skin lumps

  • Many lumps appearing on the skin

  • Black/blue/brown spots or moles, on the skin and lining of the mouth

  • Skin hardening

  • Lumps under the skin

  • Headache

  • Dizziness

  • Eye are bulging or jutting out

Questions your doctor may ask to check for neurofibromatosis

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose neurofibromatosis

  • Do you have yellow or red lumps/bumps on your skin?

  • Do you have many lumps on your body?

  • Are there black, blue, or brown spots on the skin or elsewhere? (Including moles)

  • Do you have hardening of the skin?

  • Do you feel a lump/lumps under your skin?

Treatment for neurofibromatosis

There is no cure, but the symptoms of neurofibromatosis can be managed. Tumors can be targeted with surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, while children's developmental progress is closely monitored.

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References

  • Tamura R. Current Understanding of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, 2, and Schwannomatosis. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 29;22(11):5850. doi: 10.3390/ijms22115850. PMID: 34072574; PMCID: PMC8198724.

    https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/11/5850

  • Korf BR. Neurofibromatosis. Handb Clin Neurol. 2013;111:333-40. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00039-7. PMID: 23622184.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780444528919000397?via%3Dihub

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Reviewed By:

Yoshinori Abe

Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)

Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.

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