Special Considerations in Children with Vitiligo.
Childhood vitiligo differs from adult-onset vitiligo for several features including increased incidence of the segmental variant, higher prevalence of halo nevi, and more common family history for autoimmune diseases and atopic diathesis. The major differential diagnoses are the postinflammatory hypomelanoses for nonsegmental vitiligo and nevus depigmentosus for segmental vitiligo. From a therapeutic standpoint, early awareness of the diagnosis seems to correlate with a good treatment outcome in this age group.
Service de Dermatologie Adulte et Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Rares de la Peau, Hôpital Saint André, 1 rue Jean Burguet, Bordeaux 33075, France; INSERM 1035, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux 33000, France. Electronic address: alain.taieb@chu-bordeaux.fr.
Alain
A
Taïeb
Service de Dermatologie Adulte et Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Rares de la Peau, Hôpital Saint André, 1 rue Jean Burguet, Bordeaux 33075, France; INSERM 1035, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux 33000, France.
Julien
J
Seneschal
Centre de Référence des Maladies Rares de la Peau Hôpital Larrey - Service de Dermatologie 24, Chemin de Pouvourville TSA 30030, Toulouse Cedex 9 31059, France.
Juliette
J
Mazereeuw-Hautier
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
Child; Differential diagnosis; Hypopigmentation; Therapy; Vitiligo