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Esperienze Dermatologiche 2011 September;13(3):131-5

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language: English, Italian

Ito’s hypomelanosis: description of a case with unusual renal involvement

Miraglia E. ¹, Rotunno R. ¹, Curatolo P. ¹, Carlesimo M. ², Calvieri S. ¹, Giustini S. ¹

¹ Clinica Dermatologica Policlinico Umberto I, Università degli Studi di Roma “Sapienza”, Roma; ² Clinica Dermatologica Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, Università degli Studi di Roma “Sapienza”, Roma

Hypomelanosis of Ito, or incontinentia pigmenti achromians (HI; OMIM 300.337), was first described in 1952 by the Japanese dermatologist Minor Ito, who reported the case of a young woman with swirls of hypopigmentation along Blaschko’s lines of the trunk and bilaterally on the extremities. Here we report the case of a 10-year-old girl with a longstanding history of the condition and unusual involvement of the nephrourinary system.