Prevalencia de vitiligo y análisis de la hormona estimulante de tiroides (TSH) en pacientes del Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante el periodo enero 2017 - enero 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Vitiligo is an acquired idiopathic disease that manifests as skin depigmentation due to the death of melanocytes and the cessation of melanin production in the affected area. Objective: To determine the prevalence of Vitiligo and the analysis of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in patients of the Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital (TMC) during the period January 2017- January 2020. Materials and Methods: The research is based on a Retrospective, descriptive and non-experimental methodology, since a database of patients with a definitive diagnosis of vitiligo with ICD-L80 code was used, provided by the statistics area of the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital. Results: In a sample of 246 patients diagnosed with vitiligo, high prevalences were observed in the age group of 46 to 60 years with 57.2%; the male sex with 54.88%, whose origin in 84.1% was from the Guayas province. The most common type of vitiligo is generalized with 34.6%, the most frequent location of vitiligo was the face with a prevalence of 43.1%; 85.4% of the patients did not present associated disease, TSH in 94.7% showed a normal value of 0.4 to 5 uIU / mL. Conclusion: Vitiligo was predominant from the fourth decade of age in male patients from the Guayas province, manifesting itself in a generalized way without presenting an association with any disease and with normal TSH values.