CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHILDHOOD VITILIGO
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
BACKGROUND Vitiligo is a disorder of melanocytes characterised by depigmentation and is a psychologically devastating disorder. Childhood vitiligo has different epidemiological clinical characteristics that manifests as circumscribed achromic macules often associated with leukotrichia and histologically by degeneration and disappearance of melanocytes in the involved skin and not infrequently in the pigment epithelium of the eyes, leptomeninges and inner ear. Vitiligo can develop at any age and most commonly affects the skin phototypes III and IV. It affects different races, religions and socioeconomic groups and different dietary habits do not show any significant variation in proclivity towards the disease. (1) MATERIALS AND METHODS 30 patients of childhood vitiligo of age less than 18 years attending the DVL Department of KGH, Visakapatnam, between the months of August 2015 to January 2016 were selected. Objectives of the Study- To study clinical and epidemiological characteristics of childhood vitiligo and to see the association of vitiligo with other autoimmune disorders. Study Design- It is a descriptive study. Study Setting- Department of DVL, Andhra Medical College, King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam. RESULTS Out of 30 patients, vitiligo vulgaris was the most common type of vitiligo seen in 40% of children followed by each 20% focal and segmental vitiligo and acrofacial vitiligo constitutes another 20%. CONCLUSION Vitiligo is a common depigmentary disorder. Vitiligo vulgaris is being the most common pattern and lower limbs being the most common site in paediatric age group. Autoimmune disease associations were more frequent in non-segmental vitiligo. Among the cutaneous associations, atopic dermatitis and family history of few autoimmune diseases were noted.
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Jhansi Lakshmi S, Parvathi M, Shaik Asha, Suneetha Rani Patro, Ch. Naveen Kumar, Swetha Naidu K, Chandrasekhar Nallabolu, Chakravarthy S. S. N
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