List of pigmentation changes
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Pigmentation changes in skin may be normal or a sign of skin disease.[1][2] Pigmentation disorders generally involve an abnormal pigmentation of skin, or underproduction or overproduction of melanin.[1]
Normal variant
| Name | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Pigmentary demarcation lines[1] | 
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Pigmentation disorders
| Types | Subtypes | |
|---|---|---|
| Abnormal pigmentation | Hemosiderin hyperpigmentation | |
| Medication pigment | ||
| Postinflammatory pigmentation | .jpg)
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| Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis | .jpg)
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| Melasma | 
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| Reticulate pigment disorders of the skin | Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria | 
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| Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria | 
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| Dowling–Degos disease | .jpg)
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| Galli-Galli disease | ||
| Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura | .png)
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| Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis | 
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| Transient neonatal pustular melanosis | .jpg)
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| Leucoderma syphiliticum | ||
| Peutz-Jeghers syndrome | ||
| Metallic discolorations | Arsenical keratosis | 
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| Lead | ||
| Iron | ||
| Titanium metallic discoloration | ||
| Chemical leukoderma | ||
| Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome | .jpg)
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| Alezzandrini syndrome | .jpg)
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| Vitiligo | 
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| Congenital disorders of hypopigmentation[3] | ||
| Oculocutaneous albinism |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James, William D.; Elston, Dirk; Treat, James R.; Rosenbach, Misha A.; Neuhaus, Isaac (2020). "36. Disturbances of pigmentation". Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (13th ed.). Edinburgh: Elsevier. pp. 862–880. ISBN 978-0-323-54753-6. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ↑ Nicolaidou, Electra; Dessinioti, Clio; Katsambas, Andreas (2019). Hypopigmentation. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-351-37962-5. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ↑ Dessinioti, Clio; Stratigos, Alexander J.; Rigopoulos, Dimitris; Katsambas, Andreas D. (September 2009). "A review of genetic disorders of hypopigmentation: lessons learned from the biology of melanocytes". Experimental Dermatology. 18 (9): 741–749. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00896.x. ISSN 1600-0625. Archived from the original on 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2023-04-16.