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Vitiligo

Last reviewed: 18 Aug 2025
Last updated: 08 Feb 2022

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • despigmentación de la piel de la zona acral y perioral
  • despigmentación de la piel de la zona perianal y genital
  • traumatismo cutáneo reciente
  • dolor localizado por quemadura solar
  • realce y fluorescencia con exposición a radiación UVA
  • nevo con halo
  • despigmentación universal
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Risk factors

  • edad <30 años
  • antecedentes familiares de vitiligo
  • enfermedad autoinmune
  • contacto químico
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • diagnóstico clínico
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Tests to consider

  • Examen con lámpara de Wood
  • biopsia de piel
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Treatment algorithm

ONGOING

vitiligo segmentario o vitiligo limitado

vitiligo generalizado (más del 3% del área de superficie corporal)

Contributors

Authors

John E. Harris, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Dermatology

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Worcester

MA

Disclosures

JEH has acted as a consultant and/or investigator for: Pfizer, Genzyme/Sanofi, Aclaris Therapeutics Inc., Incyte, Rheos Medicines, Sun Pharmaceuticals, LEO Pharma, Villaris Therapeutics Inc., Dermavant, Temprian, AbbVie Inc., Janssen, TeVido, BioDevices, EMD Serono, Almirall, Boston Pharma, Sonoma Biotherapeutics Inc., Methuselah Health, Twi Biotech, Pandion, Cogen Therapeutics Inc., Admirx, BridgeBio, AnaptysBio, Avita, Frazier Management. He has equity in TeVido Biodevices, Rheos, and Villaris Therapeutics Inc., and is the Scientific Founder of Villaris Therapeutics Inc. JEH is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Mehdi Rashighi, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Dermatology

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Worcester

MA

Disclosures

MR has received consulting fees and/or research grants from the following: Pfizer, AbbVie, Dermavant, LEO Pharma, and Almirall. MR is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Acknowledgements

Professor John E. Harris and Dr Mehdi Rashighi would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Bernhard Ortel, a previous contributor to this topic. BO declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Iltefat Hamzavi, MD

Senior Staff Physician

Multicultural Dermatology Center

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit

MI

გაფრთხილება:

IH is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton, MD

Chair

Dermatology Department

University of Brescia

Brescia

Italy

გაფრთხილება:

PC-P is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.

Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

წყაროები

ჩვენი მტკიცებულებებისა და სარედაქციო ჯგუფები თანამშრომლობენ საერთაშორისო ექსპერტებსა და რეცენზენტებთან, რათა უზრუნველვყოთ თქვენი წვდომა კლინიკურად ყველაზე მნიშვნელოვან ინფორმაციაზე.

ძირითადი სტატიები

Ortonne J-P. Vitiligo and other disorders of hypopigmentation. In: Bolognia JL, Jorrizzo JL, Rapini RP, eds. Dermatology. New York, NY: Mosby; 2008:913-38.

Taieb A, Picardo M. Clinical practice: vitiligo. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 8;360(2):160-9. აბსტრაქტი

Taieb A, Alomar A, Böhm M, et al; Vitiligo European Task Force (VETF); European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV); Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS). Guidelines for the management of vitiligo: the European Dermatology Forum consensus. Br J Dermatol. 2013 Jan;168(1):5-19.სრული ტექსტი  აბსტრაქტი

Whitton ME, Pinart M, Batchelor J, et al. Interventions for vitiligo. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Feb 24;(2):CD003263.სრული ტექსტი  აბსტრაქტი

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