Café au lait spots

Last revised by Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈ on 27 Oct 2022

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Gaillard F, Yap J, et al. Café au lait spots. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Mar 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-10571

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-10571

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/10571

rID:

10571

Article created:

21 Aug 2010, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

27 Oct 2022, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Frank Gaillard had the following disclosures:

Radiopaedia Australia Pty Ltd and Radiopaedia Events Pty Ltd, Director, Founder and CEO (Radiopaedia) (ongoing)
Biogen Australia Pty Ltd, Investigator-Initiated Research Grant for CAD software in multiple sclerosis: finished Oct 2021 (past)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

10 times, by 8 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Central Nervous System, Musculoskeletal, Paediatrics

Tags:

dermatology

Synonyms:

Café au lait macules
Café-au-lait spots
Café-au-lait spot
Cafe-au-lait spots

Café au lait spots are a type of pigmented skin lesions which are classically described as being light brown in color.

Conditions associated with them include:

neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): spots with smooth borders which have been likened to the coast of California, a western state in the USA
Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome
McCune-Albright syndrome: typically irregular spots which have been likened to the coast of Maine, a far northeastern state in the USA
legius syndrome