ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Surgery
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1550349
Dermoscopic features in children with vitiligo and other hypopigmentation disorders
Provisionally accepted
- 1Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- 2Department of Dermatology, The Seventh People's Hospital of Chongqing/The Central Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China
- 3National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Chongqing, China
- 4Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China
- 5China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
- 6Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Chongqing, China
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Objective：To analyze the application value of dermoscopy in the identification and staging evaluation of vitiligo in children Methods：We have analyzed the differences in dermoscopy between vitiligo and other hypopigmentation disorders. Meanwhile, the dermatoscopic differences between active and stable vitiligo were also compared. At the same time, the results of diagnosing vitiligo were compared between a single dermascopic image (testing paper) and a combination of photos, Wood's lamps, and dermascopic images (training paper) by answering a questionnaire to 8 dermatologists.Results: We have summarized the dermatoscopic features and clinical characteristics of 112 cases of active vitiligo, 111 cases of stable vitiligo, 99 cases of pityriasis alba, 94 cases of depigmented 删除了: Microscopic
Keywords: Dermatoscope, Vitiligo, differential diagnosis, Evaluation, Depigmentation
Received: 23 Dec 2024; Accepted: 09 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Jingyi He, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Hua Wang, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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