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 |
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Congenital |
Diffuse |
Albinism |
Circumscript |
Piebaldism |
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depigmented nevus | ||
Poliosis | ||
Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome | ||
| ||
Acquired |
Diffuse |
Canities |
Sheehan Syndrome | ||
Progeria adultorum | ||
Simmond's cachexia | ||
Circumscript |
leucoderma syphiliticum |
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Sutton Nevus | ||
Vitiligo | ||
Atopic eczema | ||
pityriasis simplex | ||
Kwashiokor | ||
Leprosy | ||
Pinta | ||
Scars | ||
Pityriasis versicolor alba | ||
psoriasis vulgaris | ||
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