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Vitiligo

Vitiligo (vitiligo; from armor. vitium – defect, damage; synonyms: a dog – outdated, skin skewbald) – an idiopathic dyschromia of an integument which is characterized by emergence of the depigmented spots of various outlines and sizes of milky-white color with the area of a moderate hyperpegmentation adjoining to them; spots show a tendency to peripheral growth.

Allocate vitiligo:

  • Pink (rosea; synonyms: the erythema is previtiliginozny, Miliana pink vitiligo) – vitiligo at which before development of a depigmentation quickly disappearing pruritic erythema and the subsequent peeling is observed;
  • Mesh (reticularis) – vitiligo at which the centers of a depigmentation are covered with the pigmented points having a grid appearance; is located on a vulva (or a scrotum);
  • Dot (punctata) – vitiligo with spots of extremely small size and the expressed hyperpegmentation of adjacent skin.
 
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