Griscelli syndrome 3: a rare and mild variant

Griscelli syndrome is a multisystemic disorder. It is of three types with a common feature of pigmentary dilution. The clinical types depend on the gene involved leading to a varied presentation ranging from only pigmentary dilution and excellent prognosis in type 3 to a severe disease with multisys...

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Main Authors: Mudita Gupta (Author), Reena K Sharma (Author), Sandhya Kumari (Author), Saru Thakur (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Griscelli syndrome is a multisystemic disorder. It is of three types with a common feature of pigmentary dilution. The clinical types depend on the gene involved leading to a varied presentation ranging from only pigmentary dilution and excellent prognosis in type 3 to a severe disease with multisystem involvement in type 2. Type 3 is the least reported variant. We describe a 23-year-old male with sporadic presence of light-colored skin and silver gray hair.
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10.4103/Pigmentinternational.Pigmentinternational_29_18