Legius syndrome was discovered in the past several years. It is characterized by having multiple cafe-au-lait spots, and sometime skin fold freckles, indistinguishable from those that occur in NF1. It ...

Neurofibromatosis is a rare disease with ... with their hearing and also eyesight if they are associated with optic glioma ...

In neurofibromatosis type 1, optic gliomas are the most common central nervous system tumors. They occur in approximately 15% of patients, and may result in blindness if left untreated.

These tumors are less likely to spread to surrounding tissues, compared with higher-grade tumors, so they often have better outcomes. Low-grade gliomas are tumors that start in the glial cells in ...

Faculty within the clinic help distinguish optic nerve drusen from papilledema, collaborate with pediatric geneticists to rule out optic glioma and other visual sequale of neurofibromatosis, determine ...