Table 5 Clinical features in 23 patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 carrying either single and multi-exon NF1 deletions or whole NF1 gene deletions
PatientsAge at observation (years)SexFamily historyCLSCNfSNfPNfAFScOGMRPATDOther tumoursOther features
Patients carrying single or multi-exon deletions
20128FS++NEAstrocytoma
1311FS+
11326FS++++Hypothyroidism, UBOs, seizures
17548FFH+++Neurinoma, meningioma, adrenal adenoma
22730FFH+++
6137MS++++H
11730FS++Acoustic neurinomaPE
7226FFH+++++SchwannomaBN, thyroid nodules
19625FS++
349FFH+
19015MS++
1620FS+++
185FS++
30734FFH+++
Patients carrying whole gene deletions
5535MS++++++
24835FS+++++++Facial dysmorphism
20811FS+++++Chest anomalies, PVS
4526MS++++P
7136MS+++++
11147FS++++H, PE
2733MFH+++++++E
3188FS++Facial dysmorphism
30514FS++++
  • +, Present; –, absent; AF, axillary freckling; BN, Becker naevus; CLS, café-au-lait spots; CNf, cutaneous neurofibromas; E, epilepsy; F, female; FH, positive family history; H, hypertension; M, male; MR, mental retardation; NE, not evaluated; OG, optic glioma; P, ptosis; PE, pectus excavatum; PNf, plexiform neurofibromas; PA, pseudoarthrosis; PVS, pulmonar valvular stenosis; Sc, scoliosis; S, sporadic; SNf, subcutaneous neurofibromas; TD, tibial dysplasia; UBOs, unidentified bright objects.