The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with oculocutaneous albinism. What does the nurse understand this health problem to be?
1. hypopigmentation of the skin, hair, and eyes as a result of an inability to synthesize melanin
2. disorder characterized by elevated scars and a familial tendency that is found more commonly in African Americans
3. sudden appearance of white patches on the skin, with a familial tendency
4. autosomal-dominant inheritance disorder that causes hyperpigmentation of the skin, hair, and eyes
Correct Answer: 1
Oculocutaneous albinism is an autosomal-recessive disorder that causes hypopigmentation of the skin, hair, and eyes as a result of an inability to synthesize melanin. Vitiligo is the sudden appearance of white patches on the skin; it has a familial tendency. Keloids are elevated scars, have a familial tendency, and are found more commonly in African Americans.
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