Large cafe-au-lait macules with irregular margins

What it means

Large hypermelanotic macules with jagged borders.

This type of lesionk is observed in McCune Albright syndrome. The cafe-au-lait macules are larger than those seen in neurofibromatosis, and have more irregular borders. The borders of these macules have been compared to the coast of Maine, whereas the cafe-au-lait spots in neurofibromatosis type 1 have been compared to the coast of California.

Rare diseases that can present with this3

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

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