café-au-lait spot

café-au-lait spot

[kaf′ā·ōlā′]

Etymology: Fr, coffee with milk

a pale tan macule the color of coffee with milk. Simultaneous development of several café-au-lait spots is associated with neurofibromatosis, but occasional café-au-lait spots occur normally. See also neurofibromatosis.

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spot,

n a small circular area.

spot, café-au-lait,

n a group of brown-pigmented areas of the skin occurring particularly in neurofibromatosis.

spot, effective focal,

n (prolonged focus), the apparent size and shape of the focal spot when viewed from a position in the useful beam. With the use of a suitably inclined anode face, the area from which the useful beam stems is sharply concentrated, if seen from the perspective of the useful beam. See also line, focus.

spot, focal,

n the specific area of the face of the anode or target that is bombarded by the focused electron stream when a radiographic tube is in action. It is usually an insert of tungsten.

spot, Fordyce's,

n.pr See Fordyce granules.

spot, Koplik's,

n.pr an oral lesion of measles (rubeola); usually occurs on the buccal mucosa opposite the molar teeth as small white or bluish-white spots surrounded by red zones.

spot, pink,

n See resorption, internal.