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Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder of the nervous system. It mainly affects how nerve cells form and grow. It causes tumors to grow on nerves. You can get neurofibromatosis from your parents, or it can happen because of a mutation (change) in your genes. Once you have it, you can pass it along to your children. Usually the tumors are benign, but sometimes they can become cancerous.
There are three types of neurofibromatosis:
- Type 1 (NF1) causes skin changes and deformed bones. It usually starts in childhood. Sometimes the symptoms are present at birth.
- Type 2 (NF2) causes hearing loss, ringing in the ears, and poor balance. Symptoms often start in the teen years.
- Schwannomatosis causes intense pain. It is the rarest type.
Doctors diagnose the different types based on the symptoms. Genetic testing is also used to diagnose NF1 and NF2. There is no cure. Treatment can help control symptoms. Depending on the type of disease and how serious it is, treatment may include surgery to remove tumors, radiation therapy, and medicines.
NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Learning about Neurofibromatosis (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- Neurofibromatosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)Available in Spanish
- Neurofibromatosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Diagnosis of NF1 (Children's Tumor Foundation)
- Diagnosis of NF2 (Children's Tumor Foundation)
- About Learning Disabilities and NF (Children's Tumor Foundation) - PDF
- Neurofibromatosis (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)Available in Spanish
- Schwannomatosis (Children's Tumor Foundation)
- Segmental NF: A Guide for Patients (Children's Tumor Foundation)
- Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma) and Neurofibromatosis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Genetics Home Reference: neurofibromatosis type 1 (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: neurofibromatosis type 2 (National Library of Medicine)
- Learn about NF (Children's Tumor Foundation)
- What Is Neurofibromatosis? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)
- NF Facts and Statistics (Children's Tumor Foundation)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Neurofibromatoses (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Neurofibromatosis 1 (National Institutes of Health)
- Article: Colorectal Cancer due to Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency Mimicking Neurofibromatosis...
- Article: Combined Hamartoma of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Leading...
- Article: Multimodal Imaging in Neurofibromatosis Type 1-associated Nerve Sheath Tumors.
- Neurofibromatosis -- see more articles
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Available in Spanish
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Available in Spanish
- Neurofibromatosis Specialists (Children's Tumor Foundation)
- Child with NF1 (Children's Tumor Foundation) - PDF
- Neurofibromatosis (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)Available in Spanish
- Neurofibromatosis 2 Available in Spanish
- Neurofibromatosis-1 Available in Spanish
- Optic glioma Available in Spanish
- What to Know about External Beam Radiation Therapy
(National Cancer Institute) - PDFAvailable in Spanish
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