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leukoderma

n. a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin

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Leukoderma

Leukoderma is a cutaneous condition, an acquired condition with localized loss of pigmentation of the skin that may occur after any number of inflammatory skin conditions, burns, intralesional steroid injections, postdermabrasion, etc. It is largely a cosmetic problem, and is neither infectious nor contagious.

Usage examples of "leukoderma".

Partial albinism, necessarily congenital, presenting a piebald appearance, must not be confounded with leukoderma, which is rarely seen in the young and which will be described later.

Wood calls attention to the wave-like course of leukoderma, receding on one side, increasing on the other.

Ogle mentions a negro boy in Kentucky whose sense of smell decreased as the leukoderma extended.