Phacomatosis pigmentokeratoticaQ85.8

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 11.08.2022

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phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Combination of a systematized nevus sebaceus and a systematized nevus spilus. Characteristic associations are:

  • hemiatrophy with muscle weakness
  • segmental dysesthesia
  • segmental hyperhidrosis
  • epilepsy and deafness
  • Ptosis
  • strabismus.

EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.

Genetically, this phacomatosis is based on a non-allelic didymosis(twin spots). Postzygotic HRAS mutations are also found in phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica both in the nevus sebaceus and in the melanocytic nevus portion (here in the melanocytes) (Groesser L et al. 2013).

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Groesser L et al (2013) Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica is caused by a postzygotic HRAS mutation in
    amultipotent progenitor cell. J Invest Dermatol 133:1998-2003.
  2. Happle R (1996) Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica: A melanocytic-epidermal twin nevus syndrome. Am J Med gene 65: 363-365
  3. Saraswat A et al (2003) Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica associated with hypophosphataemic vitamin D-resistant rickets: improvement in phosphate homeostasis after partial laser ablation. Br J Dermatol 148: 1074-1076

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Last updated on: 11.08.2022