Article
Incontinentia pigmenti.
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Poziomczyk Cláudia Schermann, Recuero Júlia Kanaan, Bringhenti Luana, Maria Fernanda Diffini Santa, Campos Carolina Wiltgen, Travi Giovanni Marcos, Freitas André Moraes, Maahs Marcia Angelica Peter, Zen Paulo Ricardo Gazzola, Fiegenbaum Marilu, Almeida Sheila Tamanini de, Bonamigo Renan Rangel, Bau Ana Elisa Kiszewski
Abstract excerpt
Incontinentia pigmenti is a rare genodermatosis in which the skin involvement occurs in all patients. Additionally, other ectodermal tissues may be affected, such as the central nervous system, eyes, hair, nails and teeth. The disease has a X-linked dominant inheritance pattern and is usually lethal to male fetuses. The dermatological findings occur in four successive phases, following the lines of Blaschko:...
Topics
- Alopecia
- Cataract
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Humans
- Incontinentia Pigmenti
- Male
- Mutation
- Skin
- Tooth Abnormalities