Incontinentia Pigmenti With Encephalocele in a Neonate: A Rare Association

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.

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incontinentia pigmenti encephalocele neonate magnetic resonance imaging

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