Neurocutaneous syndromes primarily involve the ectodermal tissue of the brain and skin
Ectoderm forms 3 types
- Neuroectoderm - neural tube
- Surface ectoderm - epidermis (not dermis, which is connective tissue)
- Neural crest - melanocytes, schwann cells
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- Neurofibromatosis - group of conditions that share only certain skin symptoms and benign tumors of the nerve sheaths
- Neurofibromatosis Type 2
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