Café au lait spot

Infobox_Disease
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Caption = A café au lait spot on a patient's left cheek.
DiseasesDB = 16118
ICD10 = ICD10|L|81|3|l|80
ICD9 = ICD9|709.09
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eMedicineSubj = ped
eMedicineTopic = 2754
MeshID = D019080

"Café au lait" spots or "cafe-au-lait" spots (CAL) are pigmented birthmarks. The name café au lait is French for "coffee with milk" and refers to their light-brown color.

Associated conditions

While "café au lait" spots are usually not associated with any medical problems, having many (three or more) such spots is linked with neurofibromatosis and the rare McCune-Albright syndrome.

Also, having six or more of such spots greater than 5 mm in diameter prepubertal or greater than 15 mm in diameter postpubertal children is a cardinal diagnostic feature of Neurofibromatosis type I.

Other syndromes that may include Cafe au lait spots:

* Fanconi anemia
* Tuberous sclerosis
* Russell-Silver syndrome (Silver-Russell dwarfism)
* Ataxia telangiectasia
* Bloom syndrome
* Basal cell nevus syndrome
* Gaucher disease
* Chédiak-Higashi syndrome
* Hunter syndrome
* Marfan's syndrome
* Maffucci syndrome
* McCune-Albright syndrome
* Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
* Multiple mucosal neuroma syndrome (Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2)

ee also

*Birthmark
*Nevus

External links

* [http://www.drgreene.com/21_80.html Dr. Greene]
* [http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/C/cafe-au-lait.html Café au lait spots]
* [http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2754.htm eMedicine]
* [http://www.emedicine.com/CGI-BIN/FOXWEB.EXE/MAKEZOOM@/EM/MAKEZOOM?FZI=1&PICTURE=websitesemedicinepedimages909470-911900-439.jpgeMedicine image1]
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