Incontinentia pigmenti achromians (Ito) in a West African.

Incontinentia pigmenti achromian is a very rare cutaneous disorder of pigmentation which has been reported from Japan, the United States of America, the Caribbean countries, Mexico and India. A case with coarse hair and associated with atopic dermatitis in a West African girl is presented in this brief report. The case, to the authors' knowledge, is the first documented in Africa.