leukoderma
Last reviewed 11/2023
Leukoderma is white patches on the skin.
Causes include:
- congenital:
- tuberous sclerosis
- partial albinism
- Waardenburg's syndrome
- post-inflammatory:
- as in burns
- discoid lupus erythematosus
- eczema
- infection:
- piyriasis versicolor
- leprosy
- immunological:
- vitiligo
- halo naevus