Hypopigmented Disorders Except Vitiligo

Vitiligo and Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders

Vitiligo represents the most common cause of acquired skin, hair, and oral depigmentation, affecting 0.5-1% of the population worldwide. It is clinically characterized by the appearance of disfiguring circumscribed skin macules following melanocyte destruction by autoreactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Patients affected by vitiligo usually show a poorer quality of life and are more likely to suff...

Thyroid disorders in patients with Vitiligo

Background: Vitiligo is a pigmentary disorder of the skin, which has been reported in association with thyroid disorders. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess thyroid disorders in vitiligo patients. Patients and Methods: In this case-control study, thyroid function tests were evaluated in seventy patients with vitiligo and compared with a control group. Results: Nine of seventy patien...

[Focal hypopigmented macules].

A 29-year-old man with a past history of appendectomy and morbid obesity, was seen for asymptomatic lesions that had appeared 7 to 8 years earlier on the hands and forearms. Multiple hypopigmented macules of 4 to 6 mm in diameter, with poorly defined borders and with surrounding erythema, were observed on the external aspect of both forearms and, more intensely, on the dorsum of the hands (Figu...

Paediatric Dermatology Column: Case Report A case of childhood onset hypopigmented mycosis fungoides initially diagnosed as vitiligo

autoimmune thyroid disorders in patients with vitiligo

objectives we aimed to assess the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disorders among patients with vitiligo who referred to sina hospital of hamadan in west of iran in 2008. patients and methods this case-control study comprised 45 patients with vitiligo and 45 healthy individuals (control group). data on age, gender, family history of vitiligo, distribution pattern and duration of the disease we...