Synonym(s)
Phylloid hypomelanosis; Phylloids Hypomelanosis
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Rare (6 publications in world literature), neurocutaneous mosaic characterized by asymmetrically distributed, large, roundish or oval, asymmetrically distributed, symptomless, predominantly hypomelantoic, less frequently also hypermelanotic spots.
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Anomaly of chromosome 13, typically based on a mosaic trisomy 13q.
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Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Combination with malformations: lack of beams, inner ear hearing loss, strabismus, malposition of the eyelid axes; coloboma of the veins and retina, cleft lip and jaw, hypoplasia of the nose, enamel defects of the teeth.
Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Happle R (2001) Phylloids hypomelanosis and mosaic trisomy 13th dermatologist 52: 3-5
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer