Segmentally distributed neurofibromatosis associated with adenocarcinoma of the colon.
Neurofibromatosis can be associated with various malignancies, but an association with adenocarcinoma is extremely rare. A 61-year-old man who had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the hepatic flexure of the colon was referred for segmentally located, multiple café-au-lait spots and tumors on his back and axillary freckles for 40 years. Histopathologic examination of the tumor was consistent with the neurofibromatosis. We report an unusual case of type I neurofibromatosis associated with adenocarcinoma of the colon that was clinically similar to segmental neurofibromatosis.
Kim
Seong Eon
SE
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
Heo
Eun-Phil
EP
Yoon
Te-Jin
TJ
Kim
Tae-Heung
TH
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D019080:Cafe-au-Lait Spots; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed