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(Redirected from Café-au-lait spot)
'''Café au lait'' spots' or '''cafe-au-lait'' spots' (CAL) are pigmented birthmarks. The name café au lait is French for "coffee with milk" and refers to their light-brown color.
While ''café au lait'' spots are usually not associated with any medical problems, having many (three or more) such spots is linked with neurofibromatosis and the rare McCune-Albright syndrome.
Also, having six or more of such spots greater than 5 mm in diameter prepubertal or greater than 15 mm in diameter postpubertal children is essentially diagnostic of Neurofibromatosis type I.
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★ Dr. Greene
★ Café au lait spots
'''Café au lait'' spots' or '''cafe-au-lait'' spots' (CAL) are pigmented birthmarks. The name café au lait is French for "coffee with milk" and refers to their light-brown color.
While ''café au lait'' spots are usually not associated with any medical problems, having many (three or more) such spots is linked with neurofibromatosis and the rare McCune-Albright syndrome.
Also, having six or more of such spots greater than 5 mm in diameter prepubertal or greater than 15 mm in diameter postpubertal children is essentially diagnostic of Neurofibromatosis type I.
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See also
★ Birthmark
★ Nevus
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External links
★ Dr. Greene
★ Café au lait spots
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