leukoderma

Partial albinism, necessarily congenital, presenting a piebald appearance, must not be confounded with leukoderma, which is rarely seen in the young and which will be described later.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Partial albinism, necessarily congenital, presenting a piebald appearance, must not be confounded with leukoderma, which is rarely seen in the young and which will be described later.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

And he also had leukoderma or vitiligo which is disfiguration of the skin, which is also an auto-immune disease.

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Many observers have noticed that negroes become several degrees lighter after syphilization; but no definite relation between syphilis and leukoderma has yet been demonstrated in this race.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

The ` ` leopard-boy of Africa, '' so extensively advertised by dime museums over the country, was a well-defined case of leukoderma in a young mulatto, a fitting parallel for the case of ichthyosis styled the ` ` alligator-boy. ''

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Anosmia has been noticed in leukoderma and allied disturbances of pigmentation.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Ogle 17.49 mentions a negro boy in Kentucky whose sense of smell decreased as the leukoderma extended.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Doubtless a solution of the central control of pigmentation would confirm the best theory of the cause of leukoderma -- i. e., faulty innervation of the skin.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

It has been ascribed to syphilis; but syphilitic leukoderma is generally the result of cicatrices following syphilitic ulceration.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Figure 293 represents a family of three children, all the subjects of leukoderma.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896