[Diffuse congenital melanosis].
Two sisters with an unusual non-classifiable type of hyperpigmentation are presented. Clinically characteristic was the diffuse grey-brownish coloration of the skin and its presence since birth in both cases. Ultrastructurally almost no compound-melanosomes in the epidermis were noted.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004817:Epidermis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008548:Melanosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
Melanosis diffusa congenita.