A genetic cause for neonatal encephalopathy: incontinentia pigmenti with NEMO mutation
Ne-Ron Loh1, Lyda P Jadresic, Andrew Whitelaw
1Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK.
Unlabelled:
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is not generally recognized as a cause of neonatal encephalopathy. A full-term infant developed a rash and encephalopathy with lesions in the basal ganglia and periventricular white matter 3 days after a normal delivery. Typical skin changes of IP were confirmed by histology and mutation analysis of the NFkappaB essential modulator (NEMO) gene.
Conclusion:
The mechanism of brain injury appears to be increased apoptosis after inflammation and this condition should be included in differential diagnosis of neonatal encephalopathy if skin lesions are present.
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