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Prevalence of Impaired Hearing and Vision in Patients with Vitiligo

Czanita Cieścińska ; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Medicine, Chair of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Immunodermatology, Skłodowskiej-Curie 9 street, 85-096 Bydgoszcz.
Katarzyna Pawlak-Osińska ; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathophysiology of Hearing and Balance System, Skłodowskiej-Curie 9 street, 85-096 Bydgoszcz.
Maria Marzec ; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathophysiology of Hearing and Balance System, Skłodowskiej-Curie 9 street, 85-096 Bydgoszcz.
Karolina Kaźmierczak ; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Opthalmology, Skłodowskiej-Curie 9 street, 85-096 Bydgoszcz.
Grażyna Malukiewicz ; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Opthalmology, Skłodowskiej-Curie 9 street, 85-096 Bydgoszcz.
Gerard Drewa ; University of Bydgoszcz, Unii Lubelskiej 4c street, 85-059 Bydgoszcz.
Rafał Czajkowski ; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Medicine, Chair of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Immunodermatology, Skłodowskiej-Curie 9 street, 85-096 Bydgoszcz.

Abstract

Vitiligo is a common dermatosis occurring with
a frequency of about 0.2-4.0% in world population. The
main skin symptom of disease are white patches appearing
as a result of destruction or dysfunction of pigment cells
(melanocytes). Melanocytes are localized not only in epidermis
and bulge region of hair follicle, but also in inner ear
and eyeball structures, and therefore vitiligo may coexists
with auditory and visual disorders. The most frequent auditory
and visual disturbances occurring in vitiligo patients
are discussed in this article.

Keywords

vitiligo; hearing; vision

Hrčak ID:

156540

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156540

Publication date:

24.4.2016.

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