LINEAR AND WHORLED NEVOID HYPERMELANOSIS - REPORT OF A CASE ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL-PALSY

Authors
HASSABELNABY HMM ALSALEH QA FATHALLAH MA
Citation
Hmm. Hassabelnaby et al., LINEAR AND WHORLED NEVOID HYPERMELANOSIS - REPORT OF A CASE ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL-PALSY, Pediatric dermatology, 13(2), 1996, pp. 148-150
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07368046
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
148 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-8046(1996)13:2<148:LAWNH->2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A child had cerebral palsy and linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosi s on the right side of his body. He had spasticity and wasting in both lower limbs, with electroencephalographic changes and brain abnormali ties on computerized tomographic scan. Chromosomal study of peripheral blood leukocytes found a normal male karyotype. The pathogenesis of t his condition is still unclear.