Neurocutaneous syndromes are disorders with cutaneous and neurologic anomalies. Some of these disorders are hereditary. This review summarizes the advances in this field and the recent results obtained in clinical and scientific research on the following syndromes: neurofibromatosis type 1, tuberous sclerosis, Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome), Sjögren-Larsson syndrome, trichothiodystrophy, incontinentia pigmenti, CHILD (congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform nevus and limb defects) syndrome, Menkes' syndrome, encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis, Proteus syndrome, Sturge-Weber syndrome, and so-called hypomelanosis of Ito.