Abstract
WE ARE reporting a case of vitiligo with raised borders because of its rarity and unknown pathogenesis. REPORT OF A CASE A. L.,1a boy aged 12, was admitted for treatment at the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital on Feb. 25, 1946, presenting depigmented patches of two months' duration. He had scarlet fever, measles, chickenpox and mumps during early childhood and impetigo of the face and eyebrows at the age of 7. There was dry diffuse seborrhea of the scalp but no loss of hair. The patient was sensitive about the appearance of the white patches. There were no subjective symptoms. The lesions were not preceded by tingling or itchy sensations. His general health was unimpaired. A white spot first appeared on the penis. A similar spot developed two weeks later on the forehead; after an interval of two weeks, spots
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