Dermatológia pre prax 2/2022
Mosaicism of skin in clinical practise
Organism consisting of genetically various cells we term as mosaicism. Genetic mosaicism is base for rare disease. Skin mosaicism is characteristic with typically pattern and arrangement. The article presents an overview of the most common clinical units caused by mosaic – Incontinentia pigmenti, Focal dermal hypoplasia, Ito hypomelanosis, Lichen striatus and epidermal naevi (Giant congenital melanocytic naevi, CHILD syndrom, Naevus verrucosus, ILVEN, Naevus sebaceus, Naevus Becker).
Keywords: mosaicism, skin, clinical units caused by mosaic