VITILIGO

Course overview

VITILIGO IS A COMMON ACQUIRED SKIN DISORDER WHICH RESULTS FROM THE LOSS OF MELANOCYTES FROM THE EPIDERMIS AND CLINICALLY MANIFESTS AS WELL-DEMARCATED WHITE PATCHES ON THE BODY. THERE ARE DIFFERENT THEORIES ABOUT THE PATHOGENESIS OF VITILIGO BUT EXACT ETIOLOGY IS STILL UNKNOWN. IT IS A FORM OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THIS CONDITION.