Pityriasis Alba in Pediatric Patients With Skin of Color

April 2023 | Volume 22 | Issue 4 | 417 | Copyright © April 2023


Published online March 7, 2023

Soo Hyun Choi BAa, Jacob Beer MDa, Julien Bourgeois BSa, India Hill MDb

aTulane University School of Medicine Department of Dermatology, New Orleans, LA
bChildren’s Hospital New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Current literature on the pathogenesis and treatment of PA in patients with skin of color is sparse at best. Disorders of hypopigmentation are particularly crucial to identify in patients with skin of color, as post-inflammatory hypopigmentation from diseases such as PA may not always improve over time on darker skin.14 Curricula on skin conditions in pediatric patients with skin of color should focus on both the diverse presentations of PA as well as the potential ramifications that may be unique in this patient population, such as increased social stigma due to hypopigmentation being more noticeable on darker skin. Trainees should receive training on the differential diagnosis of hypopigmented lesions on skin of color, including hypopigmented mycosis fungoides, progressive macular hypomelanosis, and pityriasis lichenoides chronica, among others. Such training is necessary to provide an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

DISCLOSURES

The authors have no conflicts of interest or funding sources to declare.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Soo Hyun Choi BA schoi4@tulane.edu
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