Incontinentia pigmenti with encephalocele in a neonate: a rare association

J Child Neurol. 2009 Apr;24(4):495-9. doi: 10.1177/0883073808324774.

Abstract

Incontinentia pigmenti is a rare, X-linked dominant multisystem genodermatosis affecting ectodermal and mesodermal tissues. After the skin, the central nervous system is the second-most affected system. We report a neonate with incontinentia pigmenti and encephalocele, as a feature of the central nervous system involvement, to stress this uncommon association.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / abnormalities*
  • Ectoderm / abnormalities
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / genetics
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / physiopathology
  • Encephalocele / complications*
  • Encephalocele / pathology*
  • Encephalocele / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti / complications*
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti / pathology*
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti / physiopathology
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meninges / abnormalities
  • Neural Tube Defects / genetics
  • Neural Tube Defects / physiopathology
  • Skin / pathology*
  • Skin / physiopathology
  • Skull / abnormalities
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial