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Decreased skin pigmentation
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Knowing the difference between hypopigmentation and depigmentation is essential to determining the differential diagnosis.
Depigmentation is the complete loss of pigment. Hypopigmentation is a decrease in pigment. They can both indicate the diagnosis whether local or general.
In alphabetical order. [1] [2]
- Determine degree of hypopigmentation and depigmentation
- Family history of thyroid disease, diabetes and endocrine problems
- Obtain personal history, include:
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- perform eye exam to aid in diagnosis of albinism
- Wood's lamp exam can be used to emphasize Hypo- and depigmented areas
Vitiligo
Vitiligo
- Oral beta-carotene for patients with chronic vitiligo and albanism
Punch minigrafting from normal skin donors to vitiligo patients can aid in the repopulation of melanocytes
- Sunscreen can protect from further skin issues
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
- ↑ Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X
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