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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Vitiligo
Clinical signs
  • areas under mechanic stress: perioral and periorbital skin, neck, wrists, ankles, dorsa of the hands, breasts etc.
  • sharply demarcated macules, merging into larger lesions
  • smooth surface, no scales
  • usually depigmentation of the hairs as well
  • possible repigmentation from the follicles
Pictures

Vitiligo, neck: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (944)

Vitiligo, eyelids: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (945)

Vitiligo, feet: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (1921)

Vitiligo, hands: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (946)

Vitiligo, trunk: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (947)

Large vitiligo, trunk: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3437) Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3438)

Vitiligo: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3440)

Vitiligo, hands and fingers: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3441) Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3442) Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3432) Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3433)

Vitiligo, elbows: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3434)

Vitiligo, forearms: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3435)

Vitiligo: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (5944)

Vitiligo, perianal and perigenital: Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3431) Vitiligo, Clinical picture (3436)

Segmental vitiligo: Vitiligo segmentalis, Clinical picture (5945)

Hypopigmentations after herpes zoster: Herpes zoster, residual hypopigmentations, Clinical picture (5656) Herpes zoster, residual hypopigmentations, Clinical picture (5657)

Acrofacial vitiligo: Vitiligo, acrofacial form, Clinical picture (6379) Vitiligo, Clinical picture (6378)

Further examples of vitiligo:

Histology

The number of melanocytes within the epidermis is decreased or there are no melanocytes at all. Variable lymphocytic infiltration, usually mild and often none.

Pictures

Vitiligo: Vitiligo, HE 40x (4040) Vitiligo, Fontana Masson 40x (4041)

Vitiligo, HE, Masson: Vitiligo, HE 60x (13863) Vitiligo, Fontana Masson 60x (13864)

Vitiligo, HE, Masson: Vitiligo, HE 60x (13973) Vitiligo, Fontana Masson 60x (13974)