Piebaldism is a rare genetic disorder of congenital leukoderma caused by mutation in
KIT
proto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase. We present a 10-year-old boy with congenital depigmented macules suggestive of piebaldism associated with café au lait macules and skin fold freckling complicating the diagnosis. A diagnosis of piebaldism was made via exome sequencing that showed a pathogenic variant of
KIT
gene with no pathogenic variants of
NF1
or
SPRED1
gene. Our current understanding of the
KIT
tyrosine kinase function may provide a better explanation into this phenotypic coexistence and does not necessarily represent an overlap with Neurofibromatosis type 1.
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