VITILIGO - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL-PATTERN AT KING-KHALID-UNIVERSITY-HOSPITAL

The incidence of vitiligo at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), R iyadh, Saudi Arabia was 2.5% for the period from 1985-1990. The majori ty (96.1%) were Saudis. Approximately 64% were below the age of 30 yea rs and the average age was 25.6 +/- SD 13.7 years. Fifty-six percent o f the patients were males and 43% were females. More than half of the patients had the lesions for a period between one and nine years and 1 7.17% had them for more than 15 years. Only 12% had a positive family history of vitiligo. The majority (54%) of the lesions were in exposed areas. The associated diseases with vitiligo are also reported. It ap pears that the clinical pattern of vitiligo is not different from what is reported in other studies.