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. 2012:2012:932163.
doi: 10.5402/2012/932163. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

The vitiligo in senegal

S O Niang  1 , Maodo Ndiaye, Fatimata Ly, Moussa Diallo, Sonia Bouksani, Assane Diop, Boubacar Ahy Diatta, Mame Thierno Dieng, Assane Kane
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The vitiligo in senegal

S O Niang et al. ISRN Dermatol. 2012.

Abstract

The aim of our study was to determine the epidemiological and clinical aspects of vitiligo in the largest dermatology department of Senegal. A cross-sectional and descriptive study in a period of 5 months was performed covering all the vitiligo cases. Fifty patients were identified (26 women and 24 men). The mean age was 26.5 years. A family history of vitiligo was found in 11 cases and a psychoaffective disturbance in 6 cases. The clinical forms distinguished were generalized vitiligo (n = 33), localized vitiligo (n = 16), vitiligo universalis (n = 4), and segmental vitiligo (n = 1). The Koebner phenomenon was found in 7 cases. Associated diseases were atopic dermatitis (n = 2), contact dermatitis (n = 1), diabetes (n = 1), and Graves' disease (n = 1). The disgraceful character of Vitiligo was the predominance of generalized forms and the elective localization in sun-exposed areas. The family character, the psychoaffective disturbances, the Koebner phenomenon increased by the lifestyle and the itching dermatosis were the aggravating factors.

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Generalized vitiligo of a two years old children (a family history vitiligo).
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Localized vitiligo.
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