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Neurocutaneous melanocytosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Neurocutaneous melanocytosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/403221860

Neurocutaneous melanocytosis (NCM) is a rare congenital neurological disorder characterised by abnormal aggregations of naevomelanocytes within the central nervous system (leptomeningeal melanocytosis) associated with large or giant congenital melanocytic naevi (CMN; see this term). NCM can be asymptomatic or present as variably severe and progressive neurological impairment, sometimes resulting in death. Prevalence is estimated at 1/50,000-1/200,000. The incidence of symptomatic NCM appears to be approximately a third to a half of these.