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Nevus depigmentosus with pale skin, yellow-brown hair and a light brown iris Volume 24, issue 4, July-August 2014

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1 Department of Dermatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine,
377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
3 Department of Dermatology,
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine,
Osaka, Japan
4 Department of Dermatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine,
Suita, Japan
5 Department of Dermatology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
6 Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Japan
7 Dermatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

Nevus depigmentosus is a leukoderma present at birth or with onset early in life [1]. Simultaneous involvement of skin and hair, or of skin and an eye, has previously been reported. Here, we show a nevus depigmentosus involving skin, hair and an eye in a one-year-old Japanese boy.A one-year-old Japanese boy was referred to us with a hypopigmented macule and yellow-brown hair on the left face and scalp. The parents noticed them at birth. A physical examination revealed a hypopigmented lesion with [...]