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Elephantiasis neuromatosa and Becker's melanosis. 1999

M Akyol, and S Ozçelik, and M Marufihah, and S Elagöz

Department of Dermatology, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.

The most characteristic lesions of neurofibromatosis are the extremely large plexiform neurofibromas involving an entire extremity, which give rise to the condition known as elephantiasis neuromatosa. In this article, we present a patient who was diagnosed as elephantiasis neuromatosa with Becker's melanosis clinically and review the literature briefly.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008548	Melanosis	Disorders of increased melanin pigmentation that develop without preceding inflammatory disease.	Chloasma,Freckles,Melanism,Melasma,Chloasmas,Freckle,Melanoses,Melasmas
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D004604	Elephantiasis	Hypertrophy and thickening of tissues from causes other than filarial infection, the latter being described as ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL.	Bigfoot Disease,Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa,Endemic Elephantiasis,Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis,Lymphostatic Verrucosis,Microcrystal Disease,Mossy foot,Podoconiosis,Bigfoot Diseases,Disease, Bigfoot,Disease, Microcrystal,Diseases, Bigfoot,Diseases, Microcrystal,Elephantiases,Elephantiases, Endemic,Elephantiases, Endemic Non-Filarial,Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosas,Elephantiasis, Endemic,Elephantiasis, Endemic Non-Filarial,Endemic Elephantiases,Endemic Non Filarial Elephantiasis,Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiases,Lymphostatic Verrucoses,Microcrystal Diseases,Mossy foots,Non-Filarial Elephantiases, Endemic,Non-Filarial Elephantiasis, Endemic,Nostras Verrucosa, Elephantiasis,Nostras Verrucosas, Elephantiasis,Podoconioses,Verrucosa, Elephantiasis Nostras,Verrucosas, Elephantiasis Nostras,Verrucoses, Lymphostatic,Verrucosis, Lymphostatic,foot, Mossy,foots, Mossy
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001707	Biopsy, Needle	Removal and examination of tissue obtained through a transdermal needle inserted into the specific region, organ, or tissue being analyzed.	Aspiration Biopsy,Puncture Biopsy,Aspiration Biopsies,Biopsies, Aspiration,Biopsies, Needle,Biopsies, Puncture,Biopsy, Aspiration,Biopsy, Puncture,Needle Biopsies,Needle Biopsy,Puncture Biopsies
D017253	Neurofibromatoses	A group of disorders characterized by an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance with high rates of spontaneous mutation and multiple neurofibromas or neurilemmomas. NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1 (generalized neurofibromatosis) accounts for approximately 95% of cases, although multiple additional subtypes (e.g., NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2, neurofibromatosis 3, etc.) have been described. (From Neurochirurgie 1998 Nov;44(4):267-72)	Neurofibromatosis,Neurofibromatosis Type 3,Multiple Neurofibromas,Neurofibromatosis 3,Neurofibromatosis Syndrome,Multiple Neurofibroma,Neurofibroma, Multiple,Neurofibromas, Multiple,Neurofibromatosis 3s,Neurofibromatosis Syndromes,Neurofibromatosis Type 3s,Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis,Syndromes, Neurofibromatosis,Type 3, Neurofibromatosis