Incontinentia pigmenti in a Black baby: a case report.

This is a case report of a Black baby girl who presented at the age of 7 days with incontinentia pigmenti. While the classic 3 phases of inflammation, hyperkeratosis, and irregular pigmentation are the rule, this patient demonstrates an accepted variation, presenting with irregular pigmentation without having gone through the other phases. Ninety-five per cent of the described cases have been in females. A negative family history, as in this case, is not unusual.