1st Edition
Hypopigmentation
There are many disorders of a lack of pigmentation in the skin, with different causations
and effects, of which vitiligo is only the best known; this comprehensive text from international
experts will enable clinicians to diagnose the full range of these conditions and suggest
the most effective management options for their patients.
Contents: Basic concepts of melanocyte biology * Approach to hypopigmentation *
Historical review of vitiligo * Epidemiology and classification of vitiligo * Pathophysiology
of vitiligo * Segmental vitiligo * Childhood versus post-childhood vitiligo * Pharmacological
therapy of vitiligo * Surgical treatment of vitiligo * Phototherapy and lasers in the treatment
of vitiligo * Emerging treatments for vitiligo * Tuberous sclerosis complex * Oculocutaneous
albinism * Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Chediak-Chigasi syndrome, and Griscelli
syndrome * Piebaldism * Waardenburg syndrome * Alezzandrini syndrome, Margolis
syndrome, Cross syndrome, and other rare genetic disorders * Mosaic hypopigmentation
* Skin disorders causing post-inflammatory hypopigmentation * Infectious and parasitic
causes of hypopigmentation * Melanoma leukoderma * Halo nevi * Drug-induced hypopigmentation
* Hypopigmentation from chemical and physical agents * Guttate hypomelanosis
and progressive hypomelanosis of the trunk (progressive macular hypomelanosis)
- Basic concepts of melanocyte biology
Mauro Picardo and Daniela Kovacs - The diagnostic approach to hypopigmentation
Clio Dessinioti and Andreas Katsambas - Historical review of vitiligo
Maja Kovacevic, Nika Franceschi, Mirna Situm, Andy Goren, Andrija Stanimirovic, Yan Valle, and Torello Lotti - Epidemiology and classification of vitiligo
Serena Gianfaldoni and Torello Lotti - Pathophysiology of vitiligo
Alexandra Miniati - Segmental vitiligo
Christina Bergqvist and Khaled Ezzedine - Childhood versus Post-childhood vitiligo
Electra Nicolaidou and Styliani Mastraftsi - Pharmacological treatment of vitiligo
Ivana Binić and Andrija Stanimirović - Surgical treatment of vitiligo
Muhammed Razmi T, TP Afra, and Davinder Parsad - Phototherapy and lasers in the treatment of vitiligo
Victoria Eleftheriadou - Emerging treatments for vitiligo
Angelo Massimiliano D’Erme and Giovanni Bagnoni - Tuberous sclerosis complex
Vesna Pljakoska, Katerina Damevska, and Natasa Teovska Mitrevska - Oculocutaneous albinism
Mira Kadurina, Anastasiya A Chokoeva, and Torello Lotti - Hermansky Pudlak syndrome, Chediak-Chigasi syndrome, and Griscelli syndrome
Vesna Pljakoska, Silvija Duma, and Andrej Petrov - Piebaldism
Jovan Lalošević and Miloš Nikolić - Waardenburg syndrome
Carmen Maria Salavastru, Stefana Cretu, and George Sorin Tiplica - Alezzandrini syndrome, Margolis syndrome, Cross syndrome, and other rare genetic disorders
Athanasios I. Pavlidis and Andreas D. Katsambas - Mosaic hypopigmentation
Irene Latour-Álvarez and Antonio Torrelo - Skin disorders causing Post-inflammatory Hypopigmentation
Polytimi Sidiropoulou, Sgouros Dimitrios, and Dimitris Rigopoulos - Infectious and parasitic causes of hypopigmentation
Serena Gianfaldoni, Aleksandra Vojvodic, Nooshin Bagherani, Bruce R. Smoller, Balachandra Ankad, Leon Gilad, Arieh Ingber, Fabrizio Guarneri, Uwe Wollina, and Torello Lotti - Melanoma leukoderma
Alexander Stratigos, Polytimi Sidiropoulou, and Dorothea Polydorou - Halo nevi
Christina Stefanaki - Drug-induced hypopigmentation
Katerina Damevska, Suzana Nikolovska, Razvigor Darlenski, Ljubica Suturkova, and Torello Lotti - Hypopigmentation from chemical and physical agents
Katerina Damevska, Igor Peev, Ranthilaka R. Ranawaka, and Viktor Simeonovski - Guttate hypomelanosis and progressive hypomelanosis of the trunk (progressive macular hypomelanosis)
Alexander Katoulis and Efthymia Soura
Biography
Electra Nicolaidou, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, 1st Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, and "Andreas Sygros" Hospital for Skin and Venereal Disease, Athens, Greece
Clio Dessinioti, MD, Msc, PhD Clinical Fellow, 1st Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, and "Andreas Sygros" Hospital for Skin and Venereal Disease, Athens, Greece
Andreas D. Katsambas, MD, PhD Emeritus Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, and Head, Dermatology Clinic, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece
