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ULTRASTRUCTURAL FINDINGS IN INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI
Author(s) -
CAPUTO R.,
CIANOTTI F.,
INNOCENTI M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1975.tb00079.x
Subject(s) - incontinentia pigmenti , ultrastructure , medicine , pigmentation disorder , epidermis (zoology) , pathology , edema , dermatology , anatomy , surgery
From their ultrastructural study of incontinenti pigmenti, the authors confirm that in this condition there is no pigmentary anomaly, but that pigmentation is the last step of a still unknown process. At birth those who are affected display an intra‐cellular edema which leads to the formation of a vesicobulla. In all 3 stages, the epidermis shows dyskeratotic cells and a transient pigmentary discharge.