Publication: Incontinentia Pigmenti: A Case Report Authors
Date
2013
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Incontinentia pigmenti is a rare X-linked dominant condition characterized by abnormalities in skin, eyes, teeth, bones and the central nervous system. A seven year old female child presented to the Dermatology Out Patient Department (OPD) of Bir Hospital with vesicles, bullae, verrucous papules and plaques and hypopigmented streaks on the trunk and extremities of six years duration. Based on the clinical findings she was diagnosed as a case of Incontinentia pigmenti.
Description
R Shrestha
Clinical Tutor, Department of Dermatology, National academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital, Kathmandu
Bhaskar MM Kayastha
Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, National academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital, Kathmandu
Aishath Reema
Resident, Department of Dermatology, National academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital, Kathmandu
Keywords
Incontinentia Pigmenti