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Incontinentia pigmenti: pigmentary changes independent of incontinence
Author(s) -
Ashley J. R.,
Burgdorf W. H. C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1987.tb01342.x
Subject(s) - incontinentia pigmenti , hyperpigmentation , medicine , dermatology , pigmentation disorder , skin hyperpigmentation , pathology , anatomy
Incontinentia pigmenti is characterized by swirled hyper‐pigmentation associated with incontinence of pigment. A different pattern may be seen on the legs with light‐colored atrophic scarred areas admixed with patches of normal but darker skin. Histologic examination confirms that the darker skin is normal without incontinence of pigment, while the light‐colored skin lacks melanocytes and appendages but has dermal fibrosis.