Vitiligo in south region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract EN

Background: Vitiligo is common, often an acquired, idiopathic disorder characterized by circumscribed depigmented macules.

Functional melanocytes disappear from involved skin by a mechanism(s) that has not yet been identified.

To date, the clinico pathologic features of these lesions in Assir region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are largely unknown.

Methods: To define these features, patients’ records of vitiligo received at the Dermatology and Pathology Departments, Assir central hospital from march 2012 to 30 April 2015 were reviewed.

The study group included 20 males and 35 females.

Results: The lesions were more common in females than in males (1.75: 1.0).

The average age in cadence was 28.9±2.3 years.

The extremities (30/55, 54%) and the trunk (12/21, 81%) were the most common sites for the affection by the lesions.

Alternatively, generalized lesions, lesions involving the lips, face and knees were also seen.

Conclusions: In Assir region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the vitiligo lesions are relatively common.

They usually affect middle age populations and have female sex predilection.

These lesions were diagnosed by histological level