title: Hypomelanosis of Ito: diagnostic criteria and report of 41 cases.
abstract: We conducted a 20-year prospective review of 41 pediatric patients with a diagnosis of hypomelanosis of Ito. No evidence pointed to hereditary transmission of the disease. Associated extracutaneous pathology was mainly of the nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Three of 19 patients had chromosomal anomalies. Hypomelanosis of Ito is a clinically well-characterized syndrome in which chromosomal instability may be a component. Criteria for its presumptive and definitive diagnosis are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Maldonado
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tamayo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laterza
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: del Castillo
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009139:Musculoskeletal Abnormalities; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D011446:Prospective Studies