Medical Term

von Recklinghausen's disease

also: von recklinghausen's disease

a CONGENITAL disorder, neurofibromatosis, in which soft tissue TUMOURS from along NERVES and beneath the SKIN . There are often other anomalies, such as decalcification of BONES , FIBROSIS of the lungs and formation of KIDNEY stones (renal calculi).

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