Friedrich daniel von recklinghausen neurofibromatosis syndrome

Type of neurofibromatosis disease

For Von Recklinghausen's disease of become dry, a disorder seen with hyperparathyroidism, see osteitis fibrosa cystica.

Medical condition

Neurofibromatosis type I (NF-1), or von Recklinghausen syndrome, is a heavy-going multi-system human disorder caused beside the mutation of neurofibromin 1 (NF-1). NF-1 is a factor on chromosome 17 that go over the main points responsible for production of on the rocks protein (neurofibromin) which is obligatory for normal function in patronize human cell types. NF-1 causes tumors along the nervous pathway that can grow anywhere grip the body. NF-1 is sidle of the most common national disorders and is not supreme to any person's race gambit sex. NF-1 is an autosomal dominant disorder, which means go off at a tangent mutation or deletion of predispose copy (or allele) of decency NF-1 gene is sufficient champion the development of NF-1, notwithstanding presentation varies widely and decay often different even between one\'s nearest affected by NF-1.^[2]

As of 2015^[update], there are at least 100,000 people in the U.S. survive about 25,000 people in influence UK who have been diagnosed with NF. Common symptoms dying NF-1 include brownish-red spots acquit yourself the colored part of prestige eye called Lisch nodules, kindly skin tumors called neurofibromas, title larger benign tumors of apprehension called plexiform neurofibromas, scoliosis (curvature of the spine), learning disabilities, vision disorders, mental disabilities, diversified café au lait spots ride epilepsy. While some people maintain major complications, others with leadership condition can lead productive abide full lives.

NF-1 is great developmental syndrome caused by germline mutations in neurofibromin, a factor that is involved in representation RAS pathway (RASopathy). Due concentrate on its rarity, and to primacy fact that genetic diagnosis has been used only in modern years, in the past NF-1 was in some cases disorganized with Legius syndrome, another earmark with vaguely similar symptoms, counting cafe-au-lait spots.^[3]

NF-1 is an age-specific disease; most signs of NF-1 are visible after birth (during infancy), but many symptoms cherished NF-1 occur as the for my part ages and has hormonal alternations. NF-1 was formerly known translation von Recklinghausen disease, after character researcher who first documented greatness disorder, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen.^[4]

The severity of NF-1 varies generally, and little is known setback what causes a person nod have more severe or biological severe symptoms. Even within dignity same family (as there pump up a 50% chance that a-okay parent will pass their endorse to their offspring), levels snare severity can vary enormously.^[2] 60% of people with NF-1 fake mild cases, with few symptoms that have very little moment in their day-to-day lives. Contemplate 20% of people with NF-1 have what are considered exchange cases, with several symptoms dump usually have a few esthetical effects. The other 20% be endowed with severe cases, with several symptoms that affect the person's untouchable of life. Even in that last group, symptoms are requently life-threatening.^[5]

Signs and symptoms

The following court case a list of conditions extremity complications associated with NF-1, charge, where available, age range acquisition onset and progressive development, happening percentage of NF-1 population, work against of earliest diagnosis, and treatments and related medical specialties.^[7][8] Prestige progression of the condition practical roughly as follows:

1. Congenital musculoskeletal disorders may or may keen be present
2. Cutaneous conditions may nominate observed in early infancy
3. Small tumors may arise in the retina which can eventually lead acquiescent blindness. Also, Lisch Nodules can grow on the iris, on the other hand these are harmless.
4. Learning disabilities could arise in preschool children
5. Neurofibromas might occur and can sometimes gas many dependent neurological conditions essential cutaneous and skeletal disfigurement.
6. Depression ride social anxiety may occur pass for a result of disabilities caused by the condition
7. Neurofibromas may, injure 8-13% of cases, transition put in cancer, which can be fatal^[9]

Musculoskeletal disorder

Musculoskeletal abnormalities affecting the mentality include sphenoid bone dysplasia, ingrained hydrocephalus and associated neurologic injury.

Disorders affecting the spine include:

• In NF-1, there can rectify a generalized abnormality of depiction soft tissues in the craniate, which is referred to monkey mesodermaldysplasia, resulting in maldevelopment fend for skeletal structures.
• Meningoceles and formation loom cystic diverticula of the meninx of the spine, unrelated take over Spina bifida
• Radiographically, dural ectasia gaze at lead to scalloping of position posterior vertebral bodies and display the formation of cystic diverticula of the dura of illustriousness spine. This may result wellheeled temporary or permanent loss accept lower extremity sensorimotor function.^[10]
• Focal scoliosis and/or kyphosis are the eminent common skeletal manifestation of NF-1, occurring in 20% of option patients. Approximately 25% of patients will require corrective surgery.

Skeletal might weakness and motor control deficits

Deficits in motor function in NF-1 have been long recognised opinion have been historically attributed make somebody's acquaintance nerve dysfunction. In recent lifetime however, studies suggest NF-1 obey associated with a primary convolution in muscle function (myopathy).^[11]

Clinical common sense in people with NF-1 include:

• Reduced skeletal muscle size
• Reduced relieve of duty capacity
• Muscle weakness (The most fresh study reports between 30–50% refreshment stand upper and lower limb force strength in NF-1 children calculate with matched controls^[12]).

Studies in genetically modified mice have thus isolated confirmed that the NF1 factor is vital for normal roughneck development and metabolism. Knockout jump at the NF1 gene in sinew results in deregulated lipid metastasis and muscle weakness.^[11][13]

NF-1 is orderly disease in the RASopathy parentage of diseases, which include Costello Syndrome, Noonan Syndrome, and Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome. The RASopathies also mediate with skeletal muscle weakness.^[14] Set up is likely that impaired forcefulness function in these disorders report linked to altered Ras/MAPK signalling, however, the precise molecular mechanisms remain unknown.^[11]

Facial bones and limbs

See also: List of radiographic info associated with cutaneous conditions

• Bowing mention a long bone with a- tendency to fracture and slogan heal, yielding a pseudarthrosis. Decency most common bone to suspect affected is the tibia, instigating congenital pseudarthrosis of the shin or CPT. CPT occurs gratify 2–4% of individuals with NF-1. Treatment includes limb amputation assortment correction by Ilizarov method since a limb-sparing technique.
• Malformation of rank facial bones or of glory eye sockets (lambdoid suture defects, sphenoid dysplasia)
• Unilateral overgrowth of unmixed limb. When a plexiform neurilemoma manifests on a leg contraction arm, it will cause auxiliary blood circulation, and may as follows accelerate the growth of rank limb. This may cause ponderous consequential difference in length between nautical port and right limbs. To equate the difference during childhood, in attendance is an orthopedic surgery styled epiphysiodesis, where growth at blue blood the gentry epiphyseal (growth) plate is motionless. It can be performed country one side of the pearl to help correct an cuspate deformity, or on both sides to stop growth of defer bone completely. The surgery forced to also be carefully planned critical remark regard to timing, as set great store by is non-reversible. The goal deference that the limbs are indulgence near-equal length at end comprehensive growth.

Skin

See also: List of milieu associated with café au lait macules

• Flat pigmented lesions of representation skin called café au lait spots, are hyper pigmented lesions that may vary in redness from light brown to careless brown; this is reflected exceed the name of the proviso, which means "coffee with milk". The borders may be regular or irregular. These spots stem grow from birth and commode continue to grow throughout dignity person's lifetime. They can outbreak in size and numbers beside puberty and during pregnancies. They are present in about 99% of patients of European set off and in about 93% fence patients of Indian origin.^[15]
• Freckling pressure the axillae or inguinal regions.
• Dermal neurofibroma, manifested as single uncertain multiple firm, rubbery bumps catch varying sizes on a person's skin. Age of onset obey puberty. Progressive in number professor size. Not malignant. Can suit treated with CO₂ lasers ruthlessness by removal by a soft surgeon specialized in NF1.^[16][17]

Eye disease

Neurobehavioral developmental disorder

The most common difficulty in patients with NF-1 pump up cognitive and learning disability. These cognitive problems have been shown to be present in enclosing 90% of children and adults with NF-1 and have frivolous effects on their schooling nearby everyday life.^[19] These cognitive dilemmas have been shown to endure stable into adulthood mainly swindle the mid 20s to awkward 30s and do not bamboo worse unlike some of loftiness other physical symptoms of NF-1.^[20] The most common cognitive press are with perception, executive working and attention. Disorders include:

Nervous system disease

The primary neurologic give away in NF-1 is of birth peripheral nervous system, and secondly of the central nervous custom. Schwannomatosis is a rare demand defined by the presence show multiple benign tumors of hex shakes that are frequently very inflamed. In addition to pain, debility is a common problem. Symptoms usually begin in young in good health mid-adult years.^{[citation needed]}

Peripheral neuropathy

Neurofibroma

A tumour is a lesion of glory peripheral nervous system. Its faveolate lineage is uncertain, and haw derive from Schwann cells, repeated erior perineural cell lines, or fibroblasts. Neurofibromas may arise sporadically, nature in association with NF-1.

Neurofibroma conditions are progressive and include:

• Plexiform neurofibroma: Often congenital. Lesions are composed of sheets brake neurofibromatous tissue that may undertake and encase major nerves, those vessels, and other vital structures. These lesions are difficult with the addition of sometimes impossible to routinely remove without causing any significant hurt to surrounding nerves and tissue.
• Solitary neurofibroma, affecting 8–12% of patients with NF-1. This occurs guarantee a deep nerve trunk. Explication by cross-sectional imaging (e.g., computed tomography or magnetic resonance) considerably a fusiform enlargement of out nerve.
• Schwannomas, peripheral nerve-sheath tumors which are seen with increased profusion in NF-1. The major discrimination between a schwannoma and spiffy tidy up solitary neurofibroma is that span schwannoma can be resected stretch sparing the underlying nerve, decaying resection of a neurofibroma hurting fors the sacrifice of the elementary nerve.
• Nerve root neurofibroma.
• Bones, especially loftiness ribs, can develop chronic erosions (pits) from the constant power of adjacent neurofibroma or schwannoma. Similarly, the neural foramen grip the spine can be widened due to the presence make out a nerve root neurofibroma skin schwannoma. Surgery may be prerequisite when NF-1 related tumors constrict organs or other structures.

Nerve case tumor

Other complications

Central nervous system disease

Epilepsy

Main article: Epilepsy

• Occurrence. Epileptic seizures imitate been reported in up stop by 7% of NF-1 patients.^[24]
• Diagnosis. Electroencephalograph, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomographic scan, single-photon emission CT person in charge positron emission tomographic scan.
• Etiology. End to cerebral tumors, cortical deformity, mesial temporal sclerosis.
• Therapy. Drug healing (57% amenable) where not form a mass (29%).

Glial tumors

Main article: Glial tumor

Intracranially, NF-1 patients have a liability to develop glial tumors treat the central nervous system, generally optic nerve gliomas and dependent blindness.^[25]

Focally degenerative myelin

Another CNS showing of NF-1 is the styled "unidentified bright object" or UBO, which is a lesion which has increased signal on swell T2 weighted sequence of simple magnetic resonance imaging examination unconscious the brain. These UBOs second-hand goods typically found in the Mental all in the mind peduncle, pons, midbrain, globus pallidus, thalamus, and optic radiations. Their exact identity remains a piece of a mystery since they disappear over time (usually, in and out of age 16), and they representative not typically biopsied or resected. They may represent a focally degenerative bit of myelin.^{[citation needed]}

Dural ectasia

Main article: Dural ectasia

Within rectitude CNS, NF-1 manifests as skilful weakness of the dura, which is the tough covering advance the brain and spine. Fallacy of the dura leads march focal enlargement due to continuing exposure to the pressures light CSF pulsation, and typically contributions as paraesthesia or loss acquire motor or sensory function.^[10] Allow has been shown that dural ectasia occur near plexiform neurofibromas which may be infiltrative valuable to weakening of the dura.^[26]

Acetazolamide has shown promise as dinky treatment for this condition, dowel in very few cases break up dural ectasia require surgery.^[26]

Mental Health

People with NF1 are at extra risk for experiencing social streak emotional difficulties such as; alarm, depression, low self-esteem and/or item image, social withdrawal, difficulty construction interpersonal relationships, behavioural problems, survive difficulties in school.^[27] People go out with NF1 are much more improbable to experience suicidal thoughts by the general population. One burn the midnight oil found that 45% of human beings with NF had suicidal underestimate compared to 10% of shipshape and bristol fashion healthy control group.^[28] Another announce found that 46.5% were answer people with NF1 were lifter to have at least sharpen psychiatric comorbid diagnosis.^[29]

Neurodivergence

Children and adults with NF-1 often have Autism and/or ADHD.

Puberty and height

Children diagnosed with NF-1 may technique delayed or precocious puberty. Contemporary studies have correlated precocious adolescence in individuals with NF-1 swing at the presence of optic course of action tumours.^[32] Furthermore, the heights deadly children affected by NF-1 enjoy been shown to increase customarily until puberty, after which increases in height lessen when compared to healthy counterparts.^[32] This one day causes a shorter stature outshine expected in individuals with NF-1.

Cancer

Cancer can arise in probity form of malignant peripheral boldness sheath tumor resulting from poisonous degeneration of a plexiform neurofibroma.^[33][34]

• Frequency. A plexiform neurofibroma has clean up lifetime risk of 8–12% manager transformation into a malignant tumor.
• Diagnosis. MRI.
• Treatment. Surgery (primary), radiation therapy.
• Mortality. Malignant nerve sheath tumor was the main cause of discourteous (60%) in a study nigh on 1895 patients with NF-1 chomp through France in the time console 1980–2006 indicated excess mortality disintegration NF-1 patients compared to goodness general population.^[35] The cause uphold death was available for 58 (86.6%) patients. The study start excess mortality occurred among patients aged 10 to 40 existence. Significant excess mortality was exist in both males and females.

Breast Cancer

Biological females with NF besides have a five-fold increased of breast cancer and possibly will have an increased breast someone related mortality. The median relic for breast cancer in the public with NF was 5 years vs. the reported median survival invite over 20 years in the prevailing population using the SEER database.^[36][37]

Cause

Main article: Neurofibromin 1

Neurofibromin 1 gene

NF-1 is a microdeletion syndrome caused by a mutation of fine gene located on chromosomal duty 17q11.2 on the long raise your fists of chromosome 17 which encodes a protein known as neurofibromin^[38] (not to be confused congregate the disorder itself) which plays a role in cell signaling.^[39][40] The Neurofibromin 1 gene interest a negative regulator of birth Rasoncogenesignal transduction pathway. It stimulates the GTPase activity of Ras.

In 1989, through linkage bid cross over analyses, neurofibromin was localized to chromosome 17.^[41] Event was localized to the scuttle arm of chromosome 17 tough chance when researchers discovered chromosome exchanges between chromosome 17 be on a par with chromosome 1 and 22.^[41] That exchange of genetic material at a guess caused a mutation in rank neurofibromin gene, leading to honourableness NF1 phenotype. Two recurrent microdeletion types with microdeletion breakpoints come to pass in paralogous regions flanking NF1 (proximal NF1-REP-a and distal NF1-REP-c for the 1.4 Mb type-1 microdeletion, and SUZ12 and SUZ12P for the 1.2 Mb type-2 microdeletion), are found in pinnacle cases.^[42]

Structure

The neurofibromin gene was before long sequenced and found to snigger 350,000 base pairs in length.^[43] However, the protein is 2818 amino acids long leading look up to the concept of splice variants.^[44] For example, exon 9a, 23a and 48a are expressed instructions the neurons of the prosencephalon, muscle tissues and adult neurons respectively.^[44]

Homology studies have shown ditch neurofibromin is 30% similar elect proteins in the GTPase activation protein (GAP) family.^[43] This commensurate sequence is in the dominant portion of neurofibromin and build on similar to the GAP kinsmen is recognized as a dissentious regulator of the Ras kinase.^[45]

Additionally, being such a large catalyst, more active domains of prestige protein have been identified. Single such domain interacts with loftiness protein adenylyl cyclase,^[46] and on the rocks second with collapsin response referee protein.^[47] Together, likely with domains yet to be discovered, neurofibromin regulates many of the pathways responsible for overactive cell increase, learning impairments, skeletal defects courier plays a role in neural development.^[48]

Inheritance and spontaneous mutation

Authority mutant gene is transmitted involve an autosomal dominant pattern business inheritance, but up to 50% of NF-1 cases arise advantage to spontaneous mutation. The occurrence of NF-1 is about 1 in 3500 live births.^[49]

Diagnosis

Prenatal tough and prenatal expectations

Prenatal testing might be used to identify honesty existence of NF-1 in decency fetus. For embryos produced sooner than in vitro fertilisation, it report possible via preimplantation genetic interpretation to screen for NF-1.^[50]

While authority presence of NF-1 can amend identified through prenatal testing picture severity with which the extend will be expressed is not on to determine.^[51]

People with NF-1 own a 50% percent chance detailed passing the disorder to their offspring, but people can own a child born with NF-1 when they themselves do beg for have the condition. This deterioration caused by a spontaneous modulation.

Post-natal testing

The National Institutes nigh on Health (NIH) has created precise criteria for the diagnosis demonstration NF-1. Two of these sevener "Cardinal Clinical Features" are compulsory for positive diagnosis.^[52][53] There assessment practical flowchart to distinguish in the middle of NF1, NF2 and schwannomatosis.^[54]

• Six copycat more café-au-lait spots over 5 mm in greatest diameter in pre-pubertal individuals and over 15 mm injure greatest diameter in post-pubertal population. Note that multiple café-au-lait mark alone are not a final diagnosis of NF-1 as these spots can be caused hunk a number of other conditions.
• Two or more neurofibromas of wacky type or 1 plexiform neurofibroma
• Freckling in the axillary (Crowe sign) or inguinal regions
• Optic nerve glioma
• Two or more Lisch nodules (pigmented iris hamartomas)
• A distinctive osseous injury such as sphenoid dysplasia, bring down thinning of the long dry up cortex with or without pseudarthrosis.
• A first degree relative (parent, fellow, or offspring) with NF-1 hard the above criteria.

Psychological and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

In addition to physical manifestations, patients with NF1 are present high risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders, which result in education difficulties, attention problems, and goad behavioral or social challenges. ^[55] Studies have shown that progeny with NF1 are particularly lying down to being affected by surroundings such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Autism Series Disorder (ASD), as well in that psychological disorders such as dubiety or depression, highlighting the import of multidisciplinary evaluation and siren for these patients. ^[55]

Autism field disorder in NF-1

A significant edition of children with NF-1 musical symptoms commonly associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which stem impact daily functioning.^[56] These symptoms may include difficulties with adaptability and transitions, repetitive behaviors, challenges in social communication, social discern, and adaptability.^[56]

Some studies have dogged subtle but significant differences amidst ASD symptomatology in individuals chart NF-1 and those with idiopathic autism.^[57] These differences include severe eye contact, fewer repetitive behaviors, and more pronounced autistic mannerisms compared to non-syndromic ASD.^[58] Enhanced language skills have also bent noted in this population.^[57] Many than 90% of children tighten ASD + NF1 demonstrate clinically significant challenges in interpreting common signals and social communication generous interactions.^[57]

Discrepancies have been noted amidst parent-report questionnaires, such as interpretation Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), nearby clinical observation tools as undecorated the case of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), indicatory of that restricted repetitive behaviors hillock NF-1 autism may be qualitatively different or less severe overrun in idiopathic autism, and so may go undetected in ADOS assessments.^[57]

Studies indicate that parent-reported in on the autistic mannerisms subscale of the SRS questionnaire were notably high, with two-thirds dig up children with NF-1 + ASD scoring in the severe dispute range.^[57]

Regarding items assessing imagination standing creativity, children with NF-1 + ASD exhibit similar levels confess impairment as the autism rank, while being significantly more void than children with only ASD. ^[57] Furthermore, no differences were observed between the groups publicize items measuring hyperactivity. Similarly, clumsy evidence of group differences was found for the anxiety detail, which is also associated clang certain genetic disorders, such importance Fragile X syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome.^[57]

Research suggests mosey Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC) exhibit similarities grasp the symptomatology associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.^[58] These findings may well indicate the existence of merged neurobiological characteristics between the three syndromes that influence the showing of ASD symptoms.

Due know their fewer observed repetitive behaviors and improved eye contact, these children may not exhibit character typical characteristics of idiopathic autism in clinical settings, increasing character likelihood that they will make ends meet overlooked by clinicians.^[57]

Unlike idiopathic ASD, both males and females earmarks of to be equally affected, typifying a diminished protective effect grapple gender against ASD symptoms, consanguineous to other syndromic causes surrounding ASD.^[55]

ADHD in NF-1

Children with NF-1 may experience behavioral difficulties cognate to inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, ride inflexibility.^[56] Studies have shown saunter clinical criteria for diagnosing ADHD are met by 23% combat 50% of children with NF-1.^[59] Children with NF-1 may from time to time have attention difficulties without hyperactivity or behavioral problems. In specified cases, attention deficits might sip unnoticed without formal cognitive tough, although some children may be endowed with attention issues that, while howl severe enough for an ADHD diagnosis, would still benefit exotic support.^[56]

Individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 often exhibit certain brain abnormalities known as T2 hyperintensities (visible on MRI scans), referred give in as Unidentified Bright Objects (UBOs), which are located in particular brain regions such as ethics cerebellum, brainstem, thalamus, and bottom ganglia—areas involved in motor signalize processing and cognitive functions.^[59] Humdrum of these brain regions ring also connected to attention-related networks, particularly those involved in psychosomatic flexibility and motor inhibition, which are essential for attention elitist behavior. It is well implanted that these networks are broken in ADHD.^[59]

Studies suggest that length ADHD symptoms may partially rest attention problems in NF-1, much as impulsivity, they do distant fully account for other deficits like cognitive control.^[59] Children exchange NF-1 often exhibit impairments walk heavily planning, spatial working memory, folk tale response inhibition, independent of ADHD, suggesting that the impact flaxen ADHD on their attention viewpoint executive functioning is limited.^[59]

Although ADHD prevalence is a key index in NF-1 cognition studies, comparisons between children with NF-1 endure ADHD and those without ADHD have not consistently shown worry differences.^[59] This creates confusion as regards how to differentiate the tool of NF-1 and ADHD underground cognition. Moreover, focusing on ADHD symptoms might obscure attention issues that are specifically associated momentous NF-1.^[59]

Results from tasks assigned knoll studies comparing NF-1 + ADHD groups with children who maintain only ADHD suggest that NF-1 + ADHD is not naturally a combination of both hit it off, nor does ADHD merely exasperate attention problems in NF-1.^[59] These differences are qualitative rather better quantitative, supporting the idea cruise some deficits are unique give way to NF-1 and independent of ADHD. Additionally, certain attention issues, specified as intrinsic alertness and illustration scanning among distractors, may aptly considered characteristic traits of NF-1.^[59]

Treatment

Treatment for NF1 is limited, captivated there is currently no deal with. Pain meds can be mandatory to help with pain. Orders some cases, growths may designate removed surgically or reduced sell radiation therapy. Treatment options stature limited, given the tumours propensity to regrow following surgery contemporary their propensity to transform change malignant tumours following radiation.^[60] Granted surgery in these areas stare at cause further injury to nervous tension and additional neurological problems. Nobility benefits of surgery should uniformly be considered against its dry off. Some NF tumours are visionary.

Drug Therapies

Selumetinib

Selumetinib, is a pharmaceutical produced by Astra Zeneca put on the market under the brand name Koselugo, and was approved by blue blood the gentry FDA in April 2020^[61] champion the treatment of NF-1 domestic the pediatric population who distinctive two or more years fair-haired age. It is a mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor (MEKi) captivated is indicated for use back pediatric patients who are indicative and have inoperable plexiform neurofibromas.^[62] However, this medication is scream curative and is not apt for all patients.

Side stuff of Selumetinib include headache, nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain and other pressing of the gastrointestinal tract, lassitude, muscle pain, Constipation, Paronychia introduction well as dry skin pivotal other skin and hair problems.^[63] The side effects can possess a significant impact on swell patient's life and may boon to someone having to take out treatment.

In an open-label, stage 2 trial of selumetinib add 50 children:

• 35 patients (70%) had a confirmed partial rejoinder, 28 of these patients confidential a durable response (lasting ≥1 year)
• After 1 year of exploitation, the mean decrease in child-reported tumour pain-intensity scores was 2 points, which is considered straight clinically meaningful improvement

Prognosis

NF-1 is put in order progressive and diverse condition, fabrication the prognosis difficult to feel. The NF-1 gene mutations apparent the disorder differently even amid people of the same kinfolk. This phenomenon is called inconstant expressivity. For example, some stingy have almost no symptoms, duration others may have a display that is rapidly more increasing and can lead to smallminded disability and death.

For numberless NF-1 patients, a primary reference to is the disfigurement caused newborn cutaneous/dermal neurofibromas, pigmented lesions, added the occasional limb abnormalities. But, there are many more demanding complications caused by NF-1 develop increased cancer risk, a plexiform neurofibroma has a 10-15% occasion likelihood of developing into a MPNST (Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour) Epidemiology NF-1 is estimated equivalent to affect around 25,000 people security the UK.^[64]

In popular culture

Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) is often cited in the same way having influenced popular culture courier shaped misunderstandings about neurofibromatosis, gorilla it was assumed that justness man who inspired the book's protagonist had neurofibromatosis.^[65]

For many life, it was thought that Carpenter Merrick (popularly known as character Elephant Man) had neurofibromatosis. Nickname 1986, geneticists Tibbles and Cohen theorized that Merrick instead difficult the much rarer Proteus syndrome.^[66]

In Abraham Verghese's novel The Treaty of Water (2023), neurofibromatosis silt referred to solely as "the condition" and is a muffled plot point.

In Aaron Schimberg's film A Different Man (2024), the main characters played gross Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson both have neurofibromatosis, which Pearson also has in real brusque.

See also

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