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Genetic and Genetically-Susceptible Hypomelanoses

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This chapter consists of piebaldism, oculocutaneous albinism, unilateral hypomelanosis of Ito, tuberous sclerosis, phylloid hypomelanosis, acral speckled hypomelanosis, nevus depigmentosus, leukoderma punctata confined in nevus depigmentosus, nevus depigmentosus in the twins, hypomelanosis with punctate keratosis of the palms and soles, focal dermal hypoplasia, homocystinuria, trichrome vitiligo, pentachrome vitiligo in a segmental pattern, inflammatory vitiligo, a figurate papulosquamous variant of inflammatory vitiligo, hypochromic vitiligo, follicular vitiligo, palmoplantar vitiligo, confetti-like depigmentation: a potential sign of rapidly progressing vitiligo, bilateral symmetrical areolar vitiligo, perifollicular pigment retention in vitiligo, follicular repigmentation in vitiligo, eczematous lesion spares vitiligo skin, eczema confined in vitiligo, vitiligo colocalized with melasma, vitiligo overlapped with psoriasis, vitiligo appearing in striae distensae, post-herpetic vitiligo, Malassezia related vitiligo, acrylic acid-induced vitiligo, atrophic scar after injection of steroids in the treatment of vitiligo, supravenous hypopigmentation following intralesional triamcinolone injection, Darier-white disease, clear cell papulosis, pili annulati and hereditary generalized punctate leukoderma.

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