title: [A neonate with peculiarly arranged skin abnormalities].
abstract: A tropical doctor reviewed a female Malawian neonate with a vesicular rash and linear hyperpigmentation that followed the lines of Blaschko. This distribution is typical for incontinentia pigmenti, a congenital X-linked dermatosis, which usually resolves spontaneously in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Thyolo District Hospital, Thyolo, Malawi.
authors.forename: Klaas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koop
authors.forename: Eva P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Baerends
authors.forename: C J G Koos
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007184:Incontinentia Pigmenti / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics