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Dermatologic Manifestations of Neurologic Disease: Multimedia
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 | Media file 1: Crowe sign, axillary freckling, in neurofibromatosis type I. |
 | Media file 2: Lisch nodule, iris hamartomas, in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1. |
 | Media file 3: Segmental neurofibromatosis. |
 | Media file 4: A large cutaneous neurofibroma. |
 | Media file 5: A port-wine stain in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome. |
 | Media file 6: Osler-Weber-Rendu disease with sublingual telangiectasias. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 7: Whirls and swirls of hyperpigmentation in an infant with incontinentia pigmenti. Courtesy of military teaching file. |
 | Media file 8: Fluorescence of urine in a patient with porphyria. Note the pink-to-coral red fluorescence of urine compared to a control sample. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 9: Chronic scarring and milia on the dorsal aspect of the fingers and hand in a porphyria patient. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD, and James H. Keeling, MD. |
 | Media file 10: Angiofibromas on the chin in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 11: A connective tissue nevus (Shagreen patch) in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 12: Koenen tumor in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 13: Multiple 1- to 2-mm, flat, dark-brown lentigines in a patient with LEOPARD syndrome (also termed multiple lentigines syndrome). |
 | Media file 14: Bullous diabeticorum. Courtesy of military teaching file. |
 | Media file 15: Acanthosis nigricans. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 16: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 17: Herpes varicella zoster in a dermatomal distribution of the chest. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 18: Tzanck smear of the base of a herpetic blister showing multinucleated giant cells. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 19: Seborrheic dermatitis of the face. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 20: Casal necklace in a patient with pellagra. |
 | Media file 21: The classic bull's-eye appearance of erythema chronicum migrans. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 22: A transverse band of leukonychia termed Mees lines. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
 | Media file 23: Mottled, bluish, netlike discoloration in livedo reticularis. Courtesy of Dirk M. Elston, MD. |
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Keywords
neurocutaneous disorders, neurofibromatosis type 1, NF1, von Recklinghausen disease, neurofibromatosis type 2, NF2 central neurofibromatosis, bilateral acoustic neuroma, tuberous sclerosis, Bourneville syndrome, epiloia, nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, Gorlin syndrome, variegate porphyria, LEOPARD syndrome, multiple lentigines syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia, AT, Louis-Bar syndrome, Sjögren-Larsson syndrome, SLS, incontinentia pigmenti, IP, Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome, Sturge-Weber syndrome, pellagra, varicella zoster virus, antiphospholipid syndrome, Sneddon syndrome, diabetes mellitus, lyme disease, arsenic poisoning, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, RSD, seborrheic dermatitis
