Nevus depigmentosus systematicus with partial yellow scalp hair due to selective suppression of eumelanogenesis.
We report a Japanese patient with congenital hypomelanosis with a segmental pattern on the left abdomen, whorl-like pattern on the back; mosaic pattern on the chest, right abdomen, and proximal extremities; and with yellow hair on a portion of the scalp. Chemical analysis of the yellow hair revealed decreased eumelanin content, whereas the pheomelanin content was normal.
Fukai
K
K
Department of Dermatology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
Ishii
M
M
Kadoya
A
A
Hamada
T
T
Wakamatsu
K
K
Ito
S
S
D006200:Hair Color; D006801:Humans; D017496:Hypopigmentation / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008543:Melanins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009506:Nevus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000648:ultrastructure
D008543:Melanins; C018362:pheomelanin; C041877:eumelanin