What is An adult presents with oval scaly hypopigmented macule over the chest and the back. The diagnosis is and explain in detail?
Both Pityriasis versicolor and Pityriasis Alba causes scaly hypopigmented macules but the lesions of Pityriasis alba occurs on cheek & face and common age of presentation is young children.
In Pityriasis versicolor → Lesions occur mostly on chest and Trunks. (Lower limb & hand usually not involved).
Commonly occurs in young adults. In indeterminate leprosy → lesions are not scaly.
They are hypopigmented anaesthetic patches. In lichen planus → the lesions are hyperpigmented