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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct;23(10):1050-1054.
doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2016.06.021. Epub 2016 Sep 15.

[Ito hypomelanosis: Four case reports]

[Article in French]
S D Sagna  1 , P Mbonda  2 , M Ndiaye  3 , A D Sow  1 , A M Basse  1 , M S Diop  1 , N S Diagne  1 , A G Diop  1 , A Kane  4 , M M Ndiaye  1
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[Ito hypomelanosis: Four case reports]

[Article in French]
S D Sagna et al. Arch Pediatr. 2016 Oct.

Abstract

Ito hypomelanosis is a rare neurocutaneous condition. We report on four observations in infants aged between 8 and 20 months. They all presented with epilepsy, psychomotor delay, and diffuse hypomelanosis. The electroencephalograms showed diffuse irritative abnormalities. Brain imaging was normal in two infants and showed hemispheric atrophy in another case. Despite antiepileptic treatment and physical therapy, no significant progression was noted and all children continued to have drug-resistant epilepsy and psychomotor delay.

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