Plate 10-Leucoderma
Item
Title
Plate 10-Leucoderma
Description
Modern Term: Leukoderma or hypopigmentation
Leukoderma, meaning “white skin”, describes a decrease in pigmentation of the skin. Two of the most common causes are post-inflammatory hypopigmentation (partial loss) and vitiligo (complete loss).
Leukoderma, meaning “white skin”, describes a decrease in pigmentation of the skin. Two of the most common causes are post-inflammatory hypopigmentation (partial loss) and vitiligo (complete loss).
Date
1860-1884
Subject
Skin--Diseases.
Format
Still image
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1859680
Publisher
New Sydenham Society
Source
Atlas of portraits of diseases of the skin
Rights
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Contributor
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Type
Chromolithographs
