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cafe au lait spots

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ca·fé au lait spots (k-f l)
pl.n.
Uniformly light brown, sharply defined, and usually oval-shaped patches of the skin characteristic of neurofibromatosis, though also found in healthy individuals.


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She was known to have von Recklinghausen's disease with the typical cafe au lait spots.
Certain changes in the skin, such as so-called cafe au lait spots, can suggest that the scoliosis is caused by a birth defect.
studied 372 children with neurofibromatosis, a disease marked by tumors of the skin and central nervous system and skin pigmentation known as cafe au lait spots.
 
 
 
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