Editing Neurofibromatosis (section)

==Diagnosis==

The neurofibromatoses are considered as [[RASopathy|RASopathies]] and as members of the ''[[neurocutaneous syndrome]]s'' (''phakomatoses'').<ref name="ka">{{Cite book |title=Master the Board USMLE Step 2 CK |vauthors=Fischer C, Bagheri F, Manchandani R, Pinsker R, Chauhan S, Patel P, Maruf M, Satani D, Doshi K, Alwani A, Pathak M, Thurm C, Babury M, Patel MC, Shalanov A, Sarkar S, Raouf S, Nahar J, Patel P |publisher=KAPLAN Medical |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-60714-653-7 |page=287 |display-authors=6}}</ref>
The diagnosis of neurofibromatosis is done via the following means:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neurofibromatosis. What is neurofibromatosis? Type 1 (NF1) {{!}} Patient |url=http://patient.info/doctor/neurofibromatosis-pro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004171048/http://patient.info/doctor/neurofibromatosis-pro |archive-date=4 October 2015 |access-date=2015-10-09 |website=Patient}}</ref>

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* [[Radiograph]]
* [[MRI]] or [[CT scan]]
* [[EEG]]
* [[Slit-lamp]] examination
* [[Genetic testing]]
* [[Histology]]
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===Differential diagnosis===
Conditions similar to NF include:

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* [[LEOPARD syndrome]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1109/ |title=Neurofibromatosis 1 |vauthors=Friedman JM |date=2014 |publisher=University of Washington, Seattle |veditors=Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean LJ, Gripp KW, Mirzaa GM, Amemiya A |location=Seattle (WA) |pmid=20301288 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118123311/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1109/ |archive-date=18 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Legius syndrome]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK47312/ |title=Legius Syndrome |vauthors=Legius E, Stevenson D |date=2015 |publisher=University of Washington, Seattle |veditors=Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean LJ, Gripp KW, Mirzaa GM, Amemiya A |location=Seattle (WA) |pmid=20945555 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910182704/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK47312/ |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Proteus syndrome]]<ref name="elsobky2015">{{Cite journal |vauthors=El-Sobky TA, Elsayed SM, El Mikkawy DM |date=December 2015 |title=Orthopaedic manifestations of Proteus syndrome in a child with literature update |journal=Bone Reports |volume=3 |pages=104–108 |doi=10.1016/j.bonr.2015.09.004 |pmc=5365241 |pmid=28377973}}</ref>
* [[Macrodystrophia lipomatosa]]{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
* [[Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome]]{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
* [[Parkes Weber syndrome]]{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
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