Vitiligo in Children: a Distinct Subset.

Aamir Habib

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Aamir Habib Department of Dermatology, Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Quetta, Pakistan

Abstract

Objective: To determine clinical profile of vitiligo in children. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Abbottabad, from January 2010 to June 2013. Methodology: All new patients below the age of 15 years, clinically diagnosed to have vitiligo, were included in the study. A detailed history was obtained, thorough physical examination was performed, and findings were recorded on a specially designed proforma for each patient separately. Computer programme SPSS-14 was used to manage and analyze the data. Results: Out of 157 children, 68 (43.3%) were males and 89 (56.7%) were females. Mean age at onset was 6.55 ±3.43 years. The disease started before 10 years of age in 123 (78.3%) children. Average duration of the disease was 1.48 ±1.87 years. Average duration of the disease was 1.73 ±2.09 years in male children and 1.29 ±1.67 years in female children. Generalized vitiligo was the commonest type (n = 83, 52.9%). The disease started most commonly from head and neck (n = 75, 47.8%). A family history of vitiligo was found in forty-nine (31.2%) children, Koebner phenomenon in 39 (24.8%) children and associated autoimmune or endocrine diseases in 8 (5.1%) patients. Conclusion: Majority of the children developed the disease before 10 years of age. Generalized vitiligo was the commonest type. Childhood vitiligo was more common in female children.

Publication Details

Page(s) 173-176

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Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Year: 2016

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