%0 Journal Article
%T Genetic and dermoscopic findings in a case series of children with oculocutaneous albinism.
%A Liñán-Barroso JM
%A Mantrana-Bermejo ME
%A Durán-Romero AJ
%A Ortiz-Álvarez J
%A Monserrat-García MT
%A Jiménez-Thomas GJ
%A Conejo-Mir Sánchez J
%A Bernabéu-Wittel J
%J Pediatr Dermatol
%V 40
%N 6
%D 2023 Nov-Dec 23
%M 37872643
%F 1.997
%R 10.1111/pde.15463
%X Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetic disease caused by disorders in melanin synthesis or distribution. In this descriptive study conducted in a tertiary care pediatric hospital, patients with a clinical diagnosis of OCA and genetic study were retrospectively recruited and underwent dermatological and ophthalmological exam, including optical coherence tomography (OCT) and digital dermoscopy. Our findings revealed milder OCA phenotypic expression in individuals harboring single pathogenic mutations in conjunction with polymorphisms, as well as in those with mutations of uncertain significance. Regardless OCA subgroup, severe phenotypes of OCA were associated with a higher number of mutations/polymorphisms in melanin biosynthesis genes and paler dermoscopic patterns, such as vascular pattern, which was the most common pattern in our series.