Tetraploid–diploid mosaicism in a patient with pigmentary anomalies of hair and skin: a new dermatologic feature

Tetraploid–diploid mosaicism in humans is exceedingly rare. We present an 11‐year‐old boy with tetraploid–diploid mosaicism and coexistent hair hypopigmentation with skin hypo‐ and hyperpigmentation. This case expands the current literature as we are not aware of previous documentation of this uniqu...

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Autores principales: Schacht, John Paul, Farnworth, Elisha, Hogue, Jacob, Rohena, Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29375847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1114
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Sumario:Tetraploid–diploid mosaicism in humans is exceedingly rare. We present an 11‐year‐old boy with tetraploid–diploid mosaicism and coexistent hair hypopigmentation with skin hypo‐ and hyperpigmentation. This case expands the current literature as we are not aware of previous documentation of this unique combination of pigmentary anomalies.

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