Melanosis neurocutánea en paciente adulto joven: abordaje diagnóstico y terapéutico
Author(s) -
L. Alessandro,
Juan Bautista Blaquier,
J. Bártoli,
B. Diez
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
neurología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1578-1968
pISSN - 0213-4853
DOI - 10.1016/j.nrl.2016.09.008
Subject(s) - medicine
phacomatosis, probably secondary to the abnormal development of melanin-containing cells derived from the neural crest.2 The most frequent age of onset is 2 years; the syndrome is extremely infrequent in adults.3 We present a case of NCM with onset at 19 years. This work analyses the diagnostic and therapeutic approach used. Our patient was a 20-year-old woman with a history of vitiligo and multiple congenital nevi, who consulted due to headache, vomiting, photophobia, blurred vision, diplopia, and secondarily generalised seizures. Eighteen months before, she had presented uncinate seizures, monitored by
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