[Multiple systemic neuromas of the skin and mucous membranes]

A 58-year-old man is described with fibrillar neuroma of the lips, tongue, mucous membranes of the mouth, and larynx. Also tumors of the capillitium, the neck the trunk, and the arms were found. There were no clinical or blood chemical signs of pheochromocytoma, medullary carcinoma of the thyroid or medullated corneal nerve fibers. It is considered that there is no association with the multiple endocrine adenomatosis type IIb, or with the neurofibromatosis von Recklinghausen.