Hypomelanosis of ito.
Four-year-old boy presented with hypopigmented skin lesions since birth and seizure of recent onset. He had psychomotor retardation and hemi hypertrophy of left half of body. Computerised tomography scan findings were suggestive of hemimegalencephaly. On clinical grounds, a diagnosis of Hypomelanosis of Ito was made.
Singh
Soraisham Amuchou
SA
Department of Pediatrics, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India. amuchou@ yahoo.com.
Sampath
Sowmya
S
Nathan
Ramamoorthy
R
Nair
Manjula
M
D001824:Body Constitution; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005121:Extremities / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology