Vitiligo is a condition in which the pigment is lost from areas of the skin, causing whitish patches, often with no clear cause.
clinical variants
defining characteristics
Hypopigmentation – usually splotchy; symmetrical involvement of body parts
pathogenesis
Autoimmune destruction of melanocytes produces decreased or absent melanocytes
etiologies
epidemiology
risk factors
labimaging
Histology? No melanocytes seen
conventional treatment
complications
screeningeducation
disease development
Autoimmune destruction of melanocytes produces decreased or absent melanocytes
