Volume : 8, Issue : 7, July - 2019

NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1 -A CASE REPORT

Dr. Pooja Baisoya, Dr. Mohit Kumar

Abstract :

Neurofiomatosis is a group of disorder characterized by neuroectodermal tumors arising within multiple organs. It is oadly divided into two - Neurofiomatosis 1 (NF1) and neurofiomatosis 2 ( NF2). Neurofiomatosis along with some of other similar disorders is collectively termed as Phakomatosis. NF1 type 1 is aka as Von Recklinghausen‘s disease /peripheral neurofiomatosis / classic neurofiomatosis whereas the other name for NF 2 is Schwannoma or central neurofiomatosis. It has autosomal dominant inheritance.