A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature
Congenital vitiligo is a very rare entity, but cases in infancy have been reported. We are presenting the case of a 2-month-old male infant who came to us with complaints of multiple progressive white patches over the body since birth. The lesions showed white accentuation with fluorescence under a...
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| author | Debasmita Behera Farheen Begum Chinmoy Raj Garima Manocha |
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| description | Congenital vitiligo is a very rare entity, but cases in infancy have been reported. We are presenting the case of a 2-month-old male infant who came to us with complaints of multiple progressive white patches over the body since birth. The lesions showed white accentuation with fluorescence under a Wood’s lamp. There was a positive history of vitiligo in the maternal grandmother. The infant was successfully treated with topical pimecrolimus 1% cream. Our case in point contributes to the limited pool of studies on congenital vitiligo (nine cases reported till date) and lends credibility to the theory that, in genetically vulnerable individuals, the autoimmune process may begin in utero. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-be618d18d3934569b263df67673adb622025-02-08T05:41:51ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsPigment International2349-57822024-12-0111320120310.4103/pigmentinternational_24_24A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literatureDebasmita BeheraFarheen BegumChinmoy RajGarima ManochaCongenital vitiligo is a very rare entity, but cases in infancy have been reported. We are presenting the case of a 2-month-old male infant who came to us with complaints of multiple progressive white patches over the body since birth. The lesions showed white accentuation with fluorescence under a Wood’s lamp. There was a positive history of vitiligo in the maternal grandmother. The infant was successfully treated with topical pimecrolimus 1% cream. Our case in point contributes to the limited pool of studies on congenital vitiligo (nine cases reported till date) and lends credibility to the theory that, in genetically vulnerable individuals, the autoimmune process may begin in utero.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/pigmentinternational_24_24vitiligocongenital vitiligowood’slamp |
| spellingShingle | Debasmita Behera Farheen Begum Chinmoy Raj Garima Manocha A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature Pigment International vitiligo congenital vitiligo wood’s lamp |
| title | A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature |
| title_full | A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature |
| title_fullStr | A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature |
| title_short | A rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature |
| title_sort | rare case of congenital vitiligo in a neonate with a review of literature |
| topic | vitiligo congenital vitiligo wood’s lamp |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/pigmentinternational_24_24 |
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