Segmental vitiligo and generalized vitiligo are in general considered to be separate entities. The etiopathogenesis of segmental vitiligo remains unclear, although several hypotheses have been put forward including mainly neuronal mechanisms. The typical association with other auto-immune diseases as seen in generalized vitiligo, seems to be significantly less in segmental vitiligo, although recent insights point towards a possible immune mediated overlap between the two subtypes.
In this article, we describe a case with simultaneous presence of segmental vitiligo, alopecia areata, psoriasis and a halo nevus. To our knowledge, this is the ...
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