Melanosis

Melanosis
Classification and external resources
MeSH	D008548

Melanosis is a form of hyperpigmentation associated with increased melanin.^[1]

It can can refer to:

• Melanism
• Ocular melanosis
• Smoker's melanosis
• Oral melanosis

See also

• List of cutaneous conditions

References

1. ^ MeSH Melanosis

v · d · ePigmentation disorders/Dyschromia (L80–L81, 709.0) Hypo-/ leucism Loss of melanocytes vitiligo: Quadrichrome vitiligo · Vitiligo ponctué · syndromic (Alezzandrini syndrome · Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome) melanocyte development: Piebaldism · Waardenburg syndrome · Tietz syndrome Loss of melanin/ amelanism albinism: Oculocutaneous albinism · Ocular albinism melanosome transfer: Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome · Chédiak–Higashi syndrome · Griscelli syndrome (Elejalde syndrome · Griscelli syndrome type 2 · Griscelli syndrome type 3) other: Cross syndrome · ABCD syndrome · Albinism–deafness syndrome · Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis · Phylloid hypomelanosis · Progressive macular hypomelanosis Leukoderma w/o hypomelanosis Vasospastic macule · Woronoff's ring · Nevus anemicus Ungrouped ungrouped: Nevus depigmentosus · Postinflammatory hypopigmentation · Pityriasis alba · Vagabond's leukomelanoderma · Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome · Wende–Bauckus syndrome Hyper- Melanin/ Melanosis/ Melanism Reticulated Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis · Pigmentatio reticularis faciei et colli · Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura · Reticular pigmented anomaly of the flexures · Naegeli–Franceschetti–Jadassohn syndrome · Dyskeratosis congenita · X-linked reticulate pigmentary disorder · Galli–Galli disease · Revesz syndrome Diffuse/ circumscribed Lentigo/Lentiginosis: Lentigo simplex · Liver spot · Centrofacial lentiginosis · Generalized lentiginosis · Inherited patterned lentiginosis in black persons · Ink spot lentigo · Lentigo maligna · Mucosal lentigines · Partial unilateral lentiginosis · PUVA lentigines Melasma · Erythema dyschromicum perstans · Lichen planus pigmentosus · Café au lait spot · Poikiloderma (Poikiloderma of Civatte · Poikiloderma vasculare atrophicans) · Riehl melanosis Linear Incontinentia pigmenti · Scratch dermatitis · Shiitake mushroom dermatitis Other/ungrouped Acanthosis nigricans (Acral acanthotic anomaly) · Freckle · Familial progressive hyperpigmentation · Pallister–Killian syndrome · Periorbital hyperpigmentation · Photoleukomelanodermatitis of Kobori · Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation · Transient neonatal pustular melanosis Other pigments iron: Hemochromatosis · Iron metallic discoloration · Pigmented purpuric dermatosis (Schamberg disease, Majocchi's disease, Gougerot–Blum syndrome, Doucas and Kapetanakis pigmented purpura/Eczematid-like purpura of Doucas and Kapetanakis, Lichen aureus, Angioma serpiginosum) · Hemosiderin hyperpigmentation other metals: Argyria · Chrysiasis · Arsenic poisoning · Lead poisoning · Titanium metallic discoloration other: Carotenosis · Tattoo · Tar melanosis Dyschromatoses Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria · Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria M: INT, SF, LCT anat/phys/devp noco(i/b/d/q/u/r/p/m/k/v/f)/cong/tumr(n/e/d), sysi/epon proc, drug (D2/3/4/5/8/11)

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