A Paler Patch of Skin

Although health risks are uncommon with hypopigmentation, disfigurement and major psychologic effects are not. Can you find the answer to these cases of lost pigment?

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A 14-year-old boy presents for evaluation of loss of pigment in the hair and the adjacent neck skin, present since shortly after birth.

A 14-year-old boy presents for evaluation of loss of pigment in the hair and the adjacent neck skin, present since shortly after birth. His history includes tuberous sclerosis. On examination, you note a complete loss of pigment in the posterior scalp on the patient’s left side, along with total loss of color in the skin on the adjacent part of the neck. Additional inspection reveals dart-shaped hypopigmented macules on the patient’s trunk, fleshy 1- to 3-mm papules clustered about the midface, and periungual fibromatous papules around several toenails.

Match the diagnosis to the photo by letter

Morphea

Poliosis

Progressive macular hypomelanosis

Pityriasis alba

Clinician Reviews. 2019 April;29(4):12e-13e

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