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Mixed vitiligo that progressed from segmental inflammatory vitiligo, clinically mimicking lichen striatus
Author(s) -
Kim Jemin,
Park Sujin,
Park Minyoung,
Almurayshid Abdurrahman,
Oh Sang Ho
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.15069
Subject(s) - severance , vitiligo , medicine , dermatology , family medicine , engineering , civil engineering
we report a case of MV in which segmental IV mimicking LS progressed to non-segmental vitiligo. Clinicians need to be cautious when there is an inflammatory lesion with subtle hypopigmentation following Blaschko’s lines; the possibility of segmental IV should be considered as a differential diagnosis