"Cutis tricolor": congenital hyper- and hypopigmented macules associated with a sporadic multisystem birth defect: an unusual example of twin spotting?

AUTOR(ES)

Happle, R

RESUMO

An uncommon coexistence of circumscribed hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation, in close proximity to each other, is described in a 17 years old patient with various other cogenital defects, such as dysmorphic facial appearance, severe kyphoscoliosis, delayed motor development, epileptic seizures, and mental retardation. We suggest the combination of hyper- and hypopigmented cutaneous lesions is an example of allelic twin spotting. Because the skin of this patient showed three different degrees of pigmentation the term "cutis tricolor" is proposed.

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