NEUROFIBROMATOZIS AND ATTENTION DEFICIT

Year 2010, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 94 - 97, 01.03.2010

Mehmet Emin Yanık Mehmet Eryılmaz Abdulkadir Koçer Cihangir Aliağaoğlu Emel Koçer

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type VI, a disease characterized by the presence of café-au-lait spots withoutthe presence of neurofibromas typically present in neurofibromatosis, as well as cognitivefunction and speech problems, often shows neurological involvement. We describe a case of a14-year-old child who has speech problems and isolated cafè-au-lait macules. We performedan IQ test on him and he scored 70 points. His problems started when he was approximately 5years old (school age). He was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder syndrome withouthyperactivity after neuropsychiatric investigation. We reported this case to improve recognitionof NF VI in children who have cognitive function problems

Keywords

Cafe au leait spots, Attention deficit, Mental retardation, Neurofibromatosis

Nörofibromatozis ve Dikkat Eksikliği

Abstract

Nörofibromatoz tip VI (NF tip VI), nörofibromlar olmadan cafe au leait lekeleri varlığı ile NF1’den ayırt edilir. Bilişsel fonksiyon problemleri ve konuşma problemleri sinir sistemitutulumunu gösterir. Bu makalede konuşma bozukluğu ve derslerinde başarısızlık şikayetleriylekliniğimize başvuran; dermatolojik muayenede izole cafe au leait lekeleri saptanan ve IQtestinden 70 puan alan 14 yaşında çocuk hasta takdim edildi. Bu şikayetlerinin 5 yaşındanitibaren (okul çağına başladıktan sonra) dikkati çektiği ifade ediliyordu. Nöropsikiyatrikincelemeler sonrasında dikkat eksikliği bozukluğu sendromu (hiperaktivitenin eşlik etmediği)tanısı alan olgumuz, bilişsel fonksiyon bozukluğu olan çocuk yaştaki olgularda unutulmamasıgereken nadir bir tanı olarak NF tip VI’yı hatırlatma düşüncesiyle sunuldu

Keywords

Cafe au leait lekeleri, Dikkat eksiklği, Zeka geriliği, Nörofibromatöz

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