Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome (incontinentia pigmenti) is a rare genodermatosis that affects predominantly females, since it is generally lethal to male fetuses in utero. It is characterized principally by skin lesions, but may also involve dental, ophthalmological and neurological abnormalities. The skin lesions are present in four different phases: vesicular, verrucous, hyperpigmented and atrophi...

THE Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome is a familial condition consisting chiefly of ectodermal defects, of which changes in the skin, nails, hair, teeth, central nervous system, and eyes are the most common. The final dermal phase "incontinentia pigmenti" has received the most attention. This disease can be described as a rare and peculiar abnormality of development found almost exclusively in females ...

We report the case of an 8-days-old patient with linear rows of vesiculobullous lesions from birth. Along with these lesions, the neonate had eosinophilia, which made us arrive to the clinical diagnosis of Incontinentia Pigmenti. Incontinentia Pigmenti or Bloch Sulzberger disease is a multisystemic neuroectodermal disorder that affects mostly women, which includes as initial manifestation cutan...

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP, Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome) is a very rare genodermatosis characterized by typical skin lesions accompanied by dental, central nervous system, bone and ocular abnormalities. Incontinentia pigmenti is usually observed among women, as this X-linked dominantly inherited disorder is lethal in males. The hallmark feature of IP is cutaneous eruption along the lines of Blasc...