title: Hypomelanosis of ito.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India. amuchou@ yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Soraisham Amuchou
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sowmya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sampath
authors.forename: Ramamoorthy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: Manjula
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: 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