Incontinentia pigmenti is a rare genodermatosis in which the skin involvement occurs
in all patients. Additionally, other ectodermal tissues may be affected, such as the
central nervous system, eyes, hair, nails and teeth. The disease has a X-linked
dominant inheritance pattern and is usually lethal to male fetuses. The
dermatological findings occur in four successive phases, following the lines of
Blaschko: First phase - vesicles on an erythematous base; second phase - verrucous
hyperkeratotic lesions; third phase - hyperchromic spots and fourth phase -
hypochromic atrophic lesions.
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