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Les lésions cérébrales de l'incontinentia pigmenti

A propos d'un cas anatomique

Neuropathological study of incontinentia pigmenti

Anatomical case report

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Report of a case of Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) of the Bloch-Sulzberger type, with neurological features, in a 3 month-old deceased infant.

The neuropathological examination revealed signs of a destructive process which had occurred in the perinatal period: ulegyria, cavities of white matter and patchy scar softening of the cerebellar cortex. In addition, there was a diffuse inflammatory process involving the pia-arachnoid and brain tissue: perivascular cuffs of lymphocytes, histiocytes and eosinophilic polymorphs, and mononuclear nodules. No prenatal malformations or vascular lesions were found. These findings are discussed in the light of both the relevant literature on neurological abnormalities in IP and the only already reported neuropathological examination by O'Doherty and Norman (1968). Two main hypotheses might account for the frequency of neurological disturbances in IP, 1. a peculiar sensitivity of the brain to anoxia and/or ischemia; 2. its involvement by the specific inflammatory process which occurs both in the skin as other tissues in this genetically determined disease (Perié et al., 1976).

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Hauw, J.J., Perié, G., Bonnette, J. et al. Les lésions cérébrales de l'incontinentia pigmenti. Acta Neuropathol 38, 159–162 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688564

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