Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Childhood autism in a 13 year old boy with oculocutaneous albinism: a case report. | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Childhood autism in a 13 year old boy with oculocutaneous albinism a case report Muideen O Bakare and Nkeiruka N Ikegwuonu Open Access Address Child and Adolescent Unit Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital New Haven Enugu Enugu State Nigeria Email Muideen O Bakare - mobakare2000@ Nkeiruka N Ikegwuonu - nkeiruikegwuonu@ Corresponding author Published 22 February 2008 Received 19 June 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 56 doi 1752-1947-2-56 Accepted 22 February 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 56 2008 Bakare and Ikegwuonu licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Hypomelanotic skin disorders like tuberous sclerosis and hypomelanosis of Ito that present with multiple systemic manifestations have been reported in association with childhood autism. Oculocutaneous albinism is another hypomelanotic skin disorder that rarely presents with multiple systemic manifestations. It is infrequently reported in association with childhood autism when compared to tuberous sclerosis and hypomelanosis of Ito. Case presentation This article reports a case of co-morbid childhood autism and oculocutaneous albinism in a 13-year old boy from Nigeria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Conclusion The observation in this case report and in two previous reports which documented association between oculocutaneous albinism and childhood autism both in the affected individuals and families of individuals with childhood autism raises the question of a possible genetic and clinical association between oculocutaneous albinism and childhood autism. More family and genetic studies into the relationship .
