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What Causes Brown Patches On The Skin?
Hi. I have a 9 month old daughter , she has got brown pathches and we consulted the skin specialist , they said it is just an molted spots and gave skin cream to apply on it and will get fade as she grows . Am afraid if its NF. Is it possible to DNA test and find out the same. please could you give me some help
Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Hi
Cafe au lait spots also can give brownish coffee coloured appearance on skin. But it's very unlikely to be missed by any trained doctors.
Six or more café-au-lait spots or hyperpigmented macules =5 mm in diameter in prepubertal children and 15 mm postpubertal if present than a thorough examination and laboratory evaluation to rule out neurofibromatosis will be useful.
Hopefully it will be of help. I would be happy to help you in any further questions.
Take care
Cafe au lait spots also can give brownish coffee coloured appearance on skin. But it's very unlikely to be missed by any trained doctors.
Six or more café-au-lait spots or hyperpigmented macules =5 mm in diameter in prepubertal children and 15 mm postpubertal if present than a thorough examination and laboratory evaluation to rule out neurofibromatosis will be useful.
Hopefully it will be of help. I would be happy to help you in any further questions.
Take care
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