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hypopigmentation
Etiology:
1) primary cutaneous disorders
a) diffuse
- generalized vitiligo
b) localized
- vitiligo
- chemical leukoderma
- piebaldism
- nevus depigmentosus
- post-inflammatory
- Tinea versicolor (hypopigmentation with suntan)
2) systemic disorders
a) diffuse
- oculocutaneous albinism
b) localized
- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
- scleroderma
- melanoma-associated leukoderma
- tuberous sclerosis
- hypomelanosis of Ito
- sarcoidosis
- tuberculoid leprosy
- cutaneous T cell lymphoma
Related
hyperpigmentation
Specific
leukoderma (hypomelanosis)
General
sign/symptom
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 295