Abstract
Neurocutaneous melanosis is a type of phakomatosis characterised by dermal, leptomeningeal and parenchymal melanocytic naevi. Here we describe a case of a 13-year-old boy with dermal and brain parenchymal melanosis without any leptomeningeal melanosis.
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