Hypomelanosis
| Hypomelanosis |
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Hypomelanosis is also referred to as hypopigmentation, and a condition in which there is too little pigment in the skin, hair, mucous membranes, and retina of the eye.
Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Hypomelanosis
- Addison's Disease
- Albinism, oculocutaneous albinism
- Candidiasis
- Congenital
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Drugs, toxins
- Dysgammaglobulinemia
- Gastric carcinoma
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Homocystinuria
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Leprosy
- Lymphoproliferative diseases
- Malignant melanoma
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Nevus depigmentosus
- Piebaldism
- Pernicious anemia
- Phenylketonuria
- Pituitary insufficiency
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Secondary syphilis
- Syringomyelia
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Thrombopenia
- Tinea versicolor
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Varicosis
- Vitiligo
- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
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