HOW IS NEUROFIBROMATOSIS DIAGNOSED?

There are many ways to test whether you have neurofibromatosis. Doctors will check your body for one of the following symptoms or they will giv one of the following tests to see if you have an internal version of NF.

NF1

• pea sized bumps onthe skin
• a certain number, size, and location of cafe-au-lait spots
• Lisch nodules on the irises
• Freckling under the arms or in the groin
• a tumor on the main nerve in the eye
• a family member with NF
• certain skeletal abnormalities
• MRI
• X-ray

NF2

• doctors will check for for any of the symptoms of NF2  which are hearing loss and poor balance.