IDIOPATHIC GUTTATE HYPOMELANOSIS

Course overview

IDIOPATHIC GUTTATE HYPOMELANOSIS (IGH) IS A BENIGN, TYPICALLY ASYMPTOMATIC, LEUKODERMIC DERMATOSIS OF UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY THAT IS CLASSICALLY SEEN IN ELDERLY, FAIR-SKINNED INDIVIDUALS, AND OFTEN GOES UNRECOGNIZED OR UNDIAGNOSED. OCCASIONALLY, IGH IS AESTHETICALLY DISPLEASING. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A DANGEROUS PROCESS. ONCE PRESENT, LESIONS DO NOT REMIT. TREATMENT IS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE COSMESIS OF LESIONS. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF IDIOPATHIC GUTTATE HYPOMELANOSIS AND EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TEAM IN COORDINATING THE CARE OF THIS CONDITION.