Mosaicism in a girl : Means she developed from a single fertilized egg but has 2 or > sets of genes from either crossover during mitosis, mutation of a gene or chromosome or inactivation of an x chr. Clinical genetic evaluation , chromosomal microarray ; skin biopsy help diagnose. Hyper- or hypo- pigmented areas are usually streaks that follow lines of blashko, invisible in most of us, but can be whorls/swirls.
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