The Vitiligo in Senegal

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The aim of our study was to determine the epidemiological and clinical aspects of vitiligo in the largest dermatology department of Senegal.

A cross-sectional and descriptive study in a period of 5 months was performed covering all the vitiligo cases.

Fifty patients were identified (26 women and 24 men).

The mean age was 26.5 years.

A family history of vitiligo was found in 11 cases and a psychoaffective disturbance in 6 cases.

The clinical forms distinguished were generalized vitiligo (n=33), localized vitiligo (n=16), vitiligo universalis (n=4), and segmental vitiligo (n=1).

The Koebner phenomenon was found in 7 cases.

Associated diseases were atopic dermatitis (n=2), contact dermatitis (n=1), diabetes (n=1), and Graves' disease (n=1).

The disgraceful character of Vitiligo was the predominance of generalized forms and the elective localization in sun-exposed areas.

The family character, the psychoaffective disturbances, the Koebner phenomenon increased by the lifestyle and the itching dermatosis were the aggravating factors.