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Skin pigmentation

Skin pigmentation: Introduction

Skin pigmentation: The occurrence of pigmentation that is located in the skin. See detailed information below for a list of 78 causes of Skin pigmentation, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Skin pigmentation:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Skin pigmentation. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Sun exposure
• Lichen planus
• Fixed drug eruption
• Atopic dermatitis
• Morphoea
• Urticaria pigmentosa
• Acanthosis nigricans
• Berloque dermatitis
• Photophytodermatitis
• Pellagra
• Porphyria cutanea tarda
• Adison's disease
• Anorexia nervosa
• Pregnancy
• Contraceptive pill
• Ectopic hormone-secreting tumor
• Malignant cachexia
• Seconadry malignant melanoma
• Obstructive hepatopathy
• Carotinemia
• Alcaptonuric ochronosts
• Methemoglobinemia
• ARgyria
• Schmaberg's disease
• Hemochromatosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 78 causes of Skin pigmentation

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Causes of Types of Skin pigmentation:

Review causes of types of Skin pigmentation in more specific categories:

• Skin pigmentation in pregnancy (7 causes)
• more types...»

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Skin pigmentation: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Skin pigmentation, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Skin pigmentation and Skin problems (70 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Skin symptoms (70 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Head symptoms (65 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Skin color changes (65 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Altered pigmentation (60 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Face symptoms (58 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Nerve symptoms (56 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Abdominal symptoms (48 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Muscle symptoms (47 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Skeletal symptoms (45 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Swelling symptoms (45 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Sensory symptoms (41 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Musculoskeletal symptoms (40 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Digestive symptoms (39 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Eye symptoms (38 causes)
• Skin pigmentation and Sensations (38 causes)
• more...»

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Skin pigmentation Treatments

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Stories from Users for Skin pigmentation

Real-life user stories relating to Skin pigmentation:

• Darker pigmented skin accompanied by skin that doesn't seem to exfoliate

Skin pigmentation: Animations

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Medications or substances causing Skin pigmentation:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Skin pigmentation as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Rondomycin
• Methacycline
• Ethinyloestradiol
• Estigyn
• Microgynon
• more causes...»

See full list of 107 medications causing Skin pigmentation

Skin pigmentation: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Skin pigmentation may include these symptoms:

• Skin problems
• Skin symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Skin color changes
• Altered pigmentation
• Face symptoms
• Nerve symptoms
• Abdominal symptoms
• Muscle symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Skin symptoms (5992 causes)
• Skin problems (3422 causes)
• Pigmentation symptoms (305 causes)
• Skin color symptoms (2348 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Research the causes of related medical symptoms such as:

• Skin
• Skin symptoms (5992 causes)
• Skin disease
• Skin disorder
• Skin problem
• Skin pain (116 causes)
• Pigmentation
• Pigmentation symptoms (305 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Skin pigmentation

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Skin pigmentation:

• Skin rash (461 causes)
• Skin blisters (426 causes)
• Skin ulcers
• Skin color changes (2348 causes)
• Addison's disease
• Radiation dermatitis
• Cushing's disease (2 causes)
• Acne scars
• Small pox
• Chicken pox
• Melanoma
• Hutchison's melanotic freckle
• more symptoms...»

Skin pigmentation: Deaths

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Misdiagnosis and Skin pigmentation

Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go undiagnosed. The main problem is that psoriasis is rare in children, and not often seen...read more »

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Skin pigmentation: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

• Skin Health Specialists (Dermatology):
  • Dermatology (Skin Health Specialists)
  • Dermatopathology
  • Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
  • Dermatological Immunology / Diagnostic Laboratory (Skin Allergies)
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Detailed list of causes of Skin pigmentation

The list below shows some of the causes of Skin pigmentation mentioned in various sources:

• Ablinism I syndrome - pigmented nevi
• Ablinism II syndrome - pigmented nevi
• Acanthosis nigricans
• Adison's disease
• Adrenal insufficiency - Cutaneous pigmentation
• Albinism ocular late onset sensorineural deafness - pigmented nevi
• more causes...»

See full list of 78 causes of Skin pigmentation

How Common are these Causes of Skin pigmentation?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Skin pigmentation. Of the 78 causes of Skin pigmentation that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 2 causes are "common" diseases
• 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 72 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 78 causes of Skin pigmentation

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Skin pigmentation:

The following list of conditions have 'Skin pigmentation' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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A

• Ablinism I syndrome ... pigmented nevi
• Ablinism II syndrome ... pigmented nevi
• Adrenal insufficiency ... Cutaneous pigmentation
• Albinism ocular late onset sensorineural deafness ... pigmented nevi
• Albinism, ocular, autosomal recessive ... pigmented nevi
• Aplastic anemia ... brown skin pigmentation
• Athabaskan severe combined immunodeficiency ... abnormal skin pigmentation

B

• Banti Syndrome ... brown skin pigmentation
• Banti's syndrome ... brown skin pigmentation
• Bone-Marrow failure syndromes ... brown skin pigmentation
• Busulfan toxicity syndrome ... skin pigmentation

C

• Cholestasis ... changes in skin pigmentation
• Chromosome 10, trisomy 10pter p13 ... pigmented nevi
• Chromosome 11, deletion 11p ... Pigmented nevi
• Chromosome 7 ring syndrome ... pigmented nevi
• Chromosome 7, monosomy 7q21 ... abnormal pigmentary skin changes
• Craniosynostosis exostoses nevus epibulbar dermoid ... pigmented nevi

D

• Deletion 11p ... Pigmented nevi
• Dermatomyositis ... brownish pigmentation over joints
• Dermo-odontodysplasia ... pigmented nevi

F

• Fanconi syndrome ... brown skin pigmentation

H

• Hematochromatosis ... Skin pigmentation
• Hemochromatosis type 1 ... abnormal skin pigmentation
• Hemochromatosis type 2 ... abnormal skin pigmentation
• Hemochromatosis type 3 ... abnormal skin pigmentation
• Hemochromatosis type 4 ... abnormal skin pigmentation
• Hereditary Hemochromatosis ... abnormal skin pigmentation

K

• Kuskokwim disease ... pigmented nevi

M

• Macrodactyly -- Hemihypertrophy -- Connective tissue nevi syndrome ... pigmented nevi
• Meinecke syndrome ... pigmented nevi
• Mental retardation -- short broad thumbs ... pigmented nevi
• Milner-Khallouf-Gibson syndrome ... abnormal skin pigmentation

N

• Navajo poikiloderma ... abnormal skin pigmentation

O

• Ocular Albinism type 1 ... pigmented nevi
• Oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation ... pigmented nevi
• Oculocutaneous albinism, minimal pigment type ... pigmented nevi

P

• Phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica ... abnormal skin pigmentation
• Phosgene oxime -- skin exposure ... brown skin pigmentation
• Phosgene oxime exposure ... brown skin pigmentation
• Pseudopapilledema -- blepharophimosis -- hand anomalies ... pigmented nevi

S

• Scleroderma ... skin pigmentation
• Short stature -- abnormal skin pigmentation -- mental retardation ... abnormal skin pigmentation
• Sideroblastic anemia, autosomal ... skin pigmentation
• Sideroblastic anemia, hereditary ... skin pigmentation
• Southwestern Athabaskan genetic diseases ... Abnormal skin pigmentation

T

• Thanos-Stewart-Zonana Syndrome ... pigmented nevi
• Torticollis, keloids, cryptorchidism, renal dysplasia ... pigmented nevi
• Tricho-odonto-onychial dysplasia ... pigmented nevi
• Turner Syndrome ... pigmented nevi

W

• WAGR Syndrome ... pigmented nevi
• Whipple's Disease ... Skin pigmentation
• Wilms tumor -- aniridia -- genitourinary anomalies -- mental retardation ... pigmented nevi
• Wyburn-Mason Syndrome ... Pigmented nevi

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Classifications of Skin pigmentation:

Medical Conditions associated with Skin pigmentation:

Skin symptoms (5992 causes), Skin problems (3422 causes), Pigmentation symptoms (305 causes), Skin color symptoms (2348 causes)

Symptoms related to Skin pigmentation:

Skin rash (461 causes), Skin blisters (426 causes), Skin ulcers, Skin color changes (2348 causes), Addison's disease, Radiation dermatitis, Cushing's disease (2 causes), Acne scars, Small pox, Chicken pox, Melanoma, Hutchison's melanotic freckle

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