Unusual skin depigmentation following eyelid cryosurgery.
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg
; 12(4): 296-8, 1996 Dec.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8944392
ABSTRACT
A 71-year-old African-American man was treated with cryosurgery of the left lower lid for trichiasis. Dramatic depigmentation of the lid skin followed, including substantial pigment loss on the untreated upper lid. Pigmentation returned to nearly normal over a 9-year period. Depigmentation of the skin following cryosurgery is a well-known complication. The clinical course of the depigmentation, however, is not well demonstrated in the literature. This case documents, with clinical photographs, the spontaneous return to nearly normal pigmentation 9 years following the cryosurgery. In addition, the extensive depigmentation seen in this patient cannot be explained by cryoinjury alone. We speculate that the depigmentation was due, in part, to segmental vitiligo initiated at the site treated with cryosurgery.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vitiligo
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Skin Pigmentation
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Cryosurgery
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Eyelashes
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Eyelid Diseases
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Hair Diseases
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
1996
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States