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| Fig. 5.1 Multiple café-au-lait macules .5 mm in diameter. |
Café-au-lait macules. These sharply defined, light brown patches may be present at birth but more commonly start appearing in the first year of life (Fig. 5-1). They are noted initially by 4 years or less in all affected children and within the first year in 82% of cases.
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