5 Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
7 Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
8 St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, UK.
9 Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
It is extremely rare for males with incontinentia pigmenti to survive. We summarize a diagnostic evaluation protocol for such individuals to provide an explanation for male survival.