ABNORMAL HEAD MRI IN A NEUROLOGICALLY NORMAL BOY WITH HYPOMELANOSIS OF ITO

We report on an 8.5-year-old boy with hypomelanosis of Ito (HI) who ha s an abnormal MRI of the brain but is neurologically normal, There hav e been many reports of abnormal brain imaging studies in patients with HI, but all reported patients have had abnormal neurologic findings o r symptoms, Our patient has had serial, stable head MRI white matter c hanges and has remained neurologically normal without any neurologic s equelae. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.