Vitiligo and Associated Diseases: Moroccan Study of 21 Cases

Abstract

Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentary dermatosis where the destruction of epidermal melanocytes causes leukoderma. This dermatosis can be associated with many autoimmune or other pathologies. Purpose of the series was to study the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of vitiligo and the frequency of associated pathologies, especially autoimmune ones, among thirty patients followed up for vitiligo in dermatology consultations in Marrakech during 4 years (2019-2022). In the present series out of 30 cases 22 (73.3%) were females and 8 (26.7%) were males. The mean age of our patients was 41.20 years. 21 patients (70%) had one or more associated pathologies such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, diabetes type I, diabetes type II, dysthyroidism, Sjögren’s syndrome, alopecia areata, depression and anxiety. Vitiligo appeared after the associated disease in 40% (12 cases) and had preceded it in 43.3% (13 cases) and concomitantly in only one case (3.3%). Vitiligo is a chronic acquired autoimmune dermatosis, often associated with/or discovered by other autoimmune or other pathologies.