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.
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
Seong Eon
SE
Kim
Eun-Phil
EP
Heo
Te-Jin
TJ
Yoon
Tae-Heung
TH
Kim
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