title: Association of lentiginous mosaicism and congenital cataract in a girl.
abstract: Partial unilateral lentiginosis (PUL) is a rare pigmentary disorder characterized by multiple lentigines on otherwise normal skin affecting one side of the body. We report on a girl with an extensive form of bilateral lentiginosis with systematized segmental distribution and a unilateral congenital cataract. The arrangement of the lentigines is reminiscent of a checkerboard pattern. The benign condition is discussed in the context of systemic diseases with lentigines.
authors.affiliation: University Children's Hospital, Department of Neurology, Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland. sandra.toelle@kispi.unizh.ch
authors.forename: Sandra P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Toelle
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boltshauser
authors.forename: M Gabriela
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Itin
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007911:Lentigo / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D009030:Mosaicism