Incontinentia pigmenti in 2 newborn infants
Ventura, L.; Silva, I.; Carreiro, H.; Neto, T.; Duarte, L.; Ferreira, C.; Pacheco, A.; Amaral, J.
Pediatrie 43(3): 223-225
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4021 PMID: 3194160 Document Number: 307849
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a genodermatosis, which is of X-linked dominant transmission, uncommonly diagnosed in newborn babies. The skin lesions usually develop in 4 stages: inflammatory, hypertrophic, pigmentary and regressive. The authors report 2 cases of IP in female newborn babies who were previously treated for pyodermatitis.