NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOSIS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 10
Abstract
PRESENTATION OF CASE A 17 year old boy was admitted at our hospital with a 10 day history of diplopia, giddiness and headache. He also had dry cough, abdominal discomfort and projectile vomiting since 5 days. He was born with multiple pigmented lesions ranging from 2 to 8cm in size on his extremities, back and scalp; a few being confluent hairy nevi. His psychomotor development was normal except for stammer since birth. No significant family history was elicited on the interview. A biopsy of the lesion on the back was done 2yrs earlier showed a benign junctional nevus. Neurological examination revealed sixth nerve palsy and a positive Romberg’s sign.
Authors and Affiliations
Mallika B. , Kalyan Chakravarthy V. , Ranga Rao D.
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