Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare neuroectodermal dysplasia characterized by large or multiple cutaneous congenital pigmented nevi and benign or malignant melanocytic tumors of the leptomeninges. Although the MR manifestations of this disease have been reported in a small series of cases, the usefulness of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR findings has not been documented. W...

Background: Frictional melanosis of rubbing inner thighs is a common problem among Iraqi females causing great psychological and cosmetic impact. It might simulate lifa disease but it is a different entity. It is unfortunately not reported in the medical literatures although commonly encountered in daily clinical practice. Objective: To evaluate the hyperpigmentation of inner aspects of thighs ...

To the Editor: Dr Jean Latrelle, an eminent Parisian neurologist at the time of a meeting in Harriman, N.Y., started his discussion by saying, “Everything has been written, but not everything has been read”. I found the description of a patient with neurocutaneous melanosis by Oliveira de Andrade et al. (Epileptic Disord, 2004; 6: 145-52) interesting. For the past 30 years we have been followin...