Incontinentia pigmenti achromians (Ito) in a West African.
Incontinentia pigmenti achromian is a very rare cutaneous disorder of pigmentation which has been reported from Japan, the United States of America, the Caribbean countries, Mexico and India. A case with coarse hair and associated with atopic dermatitis in a West African girl is presented in this brief report. The case, to the authors' knowledge, is the first documented in Africa.
George
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Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Adeyanju
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D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology