Café au lait`` spots``` or café au lait macules` are pigmented birthmarks. The name café au lait is French for `coffee with milk` and refers to their light-brown color. They are also called `giraffe spots` or `coast of Maine spots`. ==Etiology== Café au lait spots can arise from diverse and unrelated causes: ==Diagnosis== Diagnosis...
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<dermatology> A pigmented cutaneous lesion, that can range from light to dark brown, and is due to an excess of melanosomes in the malpighian cells, rather than to an excess of melanocytes. ... Café-au-lait spots are one of the major skin manifestations of neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen disease) with type 1 (peripheral) neurofibromato...
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Café au lait spot: A flat spot on the skin that is the color of coffee with milk (café au lait) in persons with light skin, or a darker appearance (café noir) than the surrounding skin in persons with dark skin. About 10% of the general population have café au lait spots, and they can be removed with a Yag laser. Café au lait spots are in them...
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Pigmented birthmarks that are uniform light to dark borwn colors and are usually oval in shape. Birthmarks are present at birth.
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Pigmented birthmarks that are uniform light to dark brown colors and are usually oval in shape. Birthmarks are present at birth.
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