title: Segmental neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Segmental neurofibromatosis or type V neurofibromatosis is a rare genodermatosis characterized by neurofibromas, café-au-lait spots and neurofibromas limited to a circumscribed body region. The disease may be associated with systemic involvement and malignancies. The disorder has not been reported yet in the Polish medical literature. A 63-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 20-year history of multiple, flesh colored, dome-shaped, soft to firm nodules situated in the right lumbar region. A histopathologic evaluation of three excised tumors revealed neurofibromas. No neurological and ophthalmologic symptoms of neurofibromatosis were diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. Head of the Department: Prof. Roman Nowicki MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobjanek
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. Head of the Department: Prof. Roman Nowicki MD, PhD ; Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. Head of the Department: Alicja Renkielska MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dobosz-Kawałko
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. Head of the Department: Prof. Roman Nowicki MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michajłowski
authors.affiliation: Department of the Pathomorphology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. Head of the Department: Prof. Wojciech Biernat MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pęksa
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. Head of the Department: Prof. Roman Nowicki MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nowicki
keywords: mosaic-localized neurofibromatosis type 1; segmental neurofibromatosis; type V neurofibromatosis