Retinal cafe-au-lait macules: A rare retinal finding in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

Ramesh Venkatesh; Kushagra Jain; Arpitha Pereira; Shreya Dass Jain; Aditya Aseem; Padmamalini Mahendradas; Naresh Kumar Yadav

doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_925_19

Retinal cafe-au-lait macules: A rare retinal finding in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec;67(12):2101-2103. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_925_19.

Authors

Ramesh Venkatesh¹, Kushagra Jain¹, Arpitha Pereira¹, Shreya Dass Jain², Aditya Aseem¹, Padmamalini Mahendradas¹, Naresh Kumar Yadav¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Retina-Vitreous, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Retina and Vitreous, Narayana Nethralaya, All Skin Clinic, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Abstract

We report the retinal and choroidal manifestations using multimodal imaging in a patient with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). In this report, we describe the occurrence of a new retinal finding which we label as retinal café-au-lait macules. Also, we describe the superiority of multicolour imaging in comparison to colour fundus photography for identifying the retinal manifestations in NF-1.

Keywords: Café-au-lait spots; colour fundus photography; multicolour imaging; neurofibromatosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cafe-au-Lait Spots / diagnosis*
Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Male
Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis*
Retinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Visual Acuity