HypopigmentationL81.89

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Clinically different diseases caused by inhibition of melanin formation or absence of melanocytes of various causes, see table

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S.u. and the respective clinical picture.

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Congenital and acquired hypo- or depigmentation

	Manifestation	Clinical picture
Congenital	Diffuse	Albinism
	Circumscript	Piebaldism
		depigmented nevus
		Poliosis
		Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome

Acquired	Diffuse	Canities
		Sheehan Syndrome
		Progeria adultorum
		Simmond's cachexia
	Circumscript	leucoderma syphiliticum
		Sutton Nevus
		Vitiligo
		Atopic eczema
		pityriasis simplex
		Kwashiokor
		Leprosy
		Pinta
		Scars
		Pityriasis versicolor alba
		psoriasis vulgaris

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer