Cafe-au-lait spots may occur in people with the genetic disorder, neurofibromatosis.
Nearly everyone has moles, which usually appear after birth.
Mongolian spots are more commonly seen in darker-skinned populations.
Cafe-au-lait spots are light tan, the color of coffee with milk.
Moles are small clusters of colored skin cells.
Mongolian spots (also called Mongolian blue spots) are usually bluish or bruised-looking.
Cafe-au-lait spots
Chloasma
Cuts, scrapes, wounds, insect bites and minor skin infections
In darker-skinned people, skin damage may cause permanent hyperpigmentation ...
Cafe-au-lait spots are light tan or light brown spots that are usually oval in shape. They usually appear at birth but might develop in the first few years of a child's life.
What causes pigmented birthmarks?
Cafe-au-lait spots
Calcific tendinitis
Calcium level - low - infants
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease
Calluses and corns
Campylobacter enteritis
Canavan disease
Cancer
Cancer - acute childhood leukemia (ALL) ...
Irregular, patchy cafe-au-lait spots, especially on the back Vaginal bleeding (first menstruation) at a very early age Premature puberty early breast development early pubic and armpit hair development Some patients get more broken bones Rarely, ...
Abrasion (2 causes), Foreskin symptoms (13 causes), Foreskin rash (17 causes), Foreskin tingling/ paresthesia (9 causes), Foreskin paresthesia/ tingling (10 causes), Decubitus ulcers (16 causes), Black patches of skin (7 causes), Cafe-au-lait spots ...
The classic symptom of NF I is light brown patches of pigment on the skin, called cafe-au-lait spots. Benign (non-cancerous) skin tumors associated with this condition are called neurofibromas.
History: Individuals with NF1 usually report pale, coffee-colored patches (cafe-au-lait spots) on the skin of the trunk and pelvis, and may report tumors on or under the skin (dermal tumors or fibroma molluscum).
areas of light-brown skin [cafe-au-lait spots] with jagged borders); abnormalities in the glands that regulate the body's rate of growth, its sexual development, and certain other metabolic functions (multiple endocrine dysfunction).
Six or more light brown-colored birthmarks (cafe-au-lait spots) may be located anywhere on the body, including the mouth and tongue. The spots usually appear before about 9 years of age.
NF2 is much more rare. Cafe-au-lait spots and skin neurofibromas are much less common in NF2. Bilateral acoustic neuromas are the most distinctive feature of NF2.
Clinical features include medium-brown, flat discolourations to the skin, known as cafe-au-lait spots.
Secondary hypertension may develop from renal artery stenosis, pheochromocytoma or coarctation of the aorta.
Inheritance: autosomal dominant.
Coffee-colored patches on the skin (cafe-au-lait spots)
Abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract.
Hepatocellular carcinoma ...
changes in skin appearance, such as cafe-au-lait spots
pea-sized bumps on or under the skin
enlarged freckle-type spots under the arms or in the groin area
spots on the iris of the eye called Lisch nodules ...
These spots are known by several names, including Mongolian spots -- bruised or bluish in color, typically appearing on buttocks; cafe-au-lait spots -- light brown; and typical moles, which are also called nevi.
Areas of abnormal pigmentation typically include pale tan or light brown discolorations (cafe-au-lait spots) on the skin of the trunk and other regions as well as freckling, particularly under the arms (axillary) and in the groin (inguinal) area.
Benoquin Cream 20% is not effective for the treatment of cafe-au-lait spots, pigmented nevi, malignant melanoma or pigmentation resulting from pigments other than melanin (e.g.: bile, silver, or artificial pigments).
This small gland in the neck, which affects metabolism, may be enlarged or have cysts.
Skin discoloration. Patches of darker skin, known as cafe-au-lait spots, appear light coffee colored on fairer children, ...
 See also: Symptom, Cancer, Neurofibroma, Fibromatosis, Neurofibromatosis
  
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