In breve
Punti essenziali
- ✓Several possible causes
- ✓Scaling can be informative
- ✓History matters
- ✓Examination prevents wrong treatment
Common alternatives
- Pityriasis versicolor
- Pityriasis alba
- Post-inflammatory hypopigmentation
- Nevus depigmentosus
- Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
Seek assessment
A new, growing, symptomatic or unexplained patch should be examined rather than treated repeatedly by trial and error.
Editorial basis: current AWMF S2k guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of vitiligo, register 013-093, version 2.0 dated 27 July 2026. Reviewed on 2 September 2026.
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