Incontinentia pigmenti

Ali Jabbari; Jonathan Ralston; Julie V Schaffer

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Incontinentia pigmenti

Ali Jabbari, Jonathan Ralston and Julie V Schaffer

Dermatology online journal, Vol.16(11), pp.9-9

11/15/2010

PMID: 21163160

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Abstract

Incontinentia pigmenti is an X-linked dominant genodermatosis that can affect the teeth, eyes, and central nervous system as well as the skin. We describe an infant girl with characteristic cutaneous findings, which progressed through the vesicular, verrucous, and hyperpigmented stages in the first year of life. During the neonatal period, recognition of the linear distribution of vesicular lesions and associated peripheral eosinophilia as well as leukocytosis (which might suggest an infectious etiology) can help to establish the diagnosis. This enables early initiation of ophthalmologic care, which can help to prevent visual sequelae.

Incontinentia Pigmenti - diagnosis

Humans

Incontinentia Pigmenti - pathology

Female

Infant

Treatment Outcome

Skin - pathology

Details

Title: Subtitle: Incontinentia pigmenti
Creators: Ali Jabbari - Department of Dermatology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Jonathan Ralston
Julie V Schaffer
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Dermatology online journal, Vol.16(11), pp.9-9
Publisher: United States
PMID: 21163160
ISSN: 1087-2108
eISSN: 1087-2108
Language: English
Date published: 11/15/2010
Academic Unit: Dermatology
Record Identifier: 9984025325202771

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