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Mosaic Chromosome 6 Trisomy in an Epidermal Nevus
Author(s) -
Sobey Glenda J.,
Quarrell Oliver W.,
Williams Steven,
McGrath Helen M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00362.x
Subject(s) - trisomy , nevus , chromosome , medicine , aneuploidy , dermatology , karyotype , pathology , genetics , biology , melanoma , gene
We report a 2‐year‐old boy with a linear epidermal nevus. Mosaicism for chromosome 6 in skin fibroblasts of affected skin was discovered. Trisomy 6 has not been previously implicated as an isolated finding in epidermal nevi or cutaneous mosaicism.