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Hypomelanosis of Ito with unusual associations
Author(s) -
PULIMOOD S.,
RAJAGOPALAN B.,
JACOB M.,
GEORGE S.,
KORAH I.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1997.tb01100.x
Subject(s) - hypopigmentation , dermatology , pigmentation disorder , medicine , disease , pathology
Summary Hypomelanosis of Ito (HOI) is a neurocutaneous disorder which clinically is a well‐characterised disease, in which chromosomal instability may be a component. 1,2 Various neurological and other non‐cutaneous malformations have been reported in association with the characteristic swirling pattern of hypopigmentation. 3 We report two cases of this rare condition, one with hitherto unreported associations.