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High prevalence of vitiligo in lepromatous leprosy
- Source :
- International Journal of Dermatology. 39:837-839
- Publication Year :
- 2000
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2000.
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Abstract
- Background Leprosy and vitiligo are common affections in the West Indies. Vitiligo frequently occurs in lepromatous patients, an observation rarely reported in the literature. Methods We studied the prevalence of vitiligo in patients affected by leprosy by performing a retrospective study between 1978 and 1999 in the French West Indies (Martinique). Results Eleven patients presented with vitiligo among 101 with lepromatous (multibacillary) leprosy. None presented with vitiligo among the 364 with the tuberculoid (paucibacillary) form. The mean age of the vitiligo patients was 55.4 years at vitiligo onset. The sex ratio was 0.8. Vitiligo occurred 19 years after the diagnosis of leprosy, with a range from 3 to 42 years. The prevalence of vitiligo in lepromatous patients was 10.9%, compared to 0% in tuberculoid patients. Such an increase in prevalence compared with that in the general population (0.34%) was shown to be highly significant (P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Population
Vitiligo
Prevalence
Leprostatic Agents
Dermatology
Clofazimine
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Martinique
skin and connective tissue diseases
education
Pigmentation disorder
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
Lepromatous leprosy
education.field_of_study
integumentary system
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Thalidomide
Leprosy, Lepromatous
Immunology
Female
Leprosy
Rifampin
business
Dapsone
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13654632 and 00119059
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Dermatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5cb73c5bdedbd89e2d60147b4d1e0d63