Acquired hyperpigmentations
Cutaneous hyperpigmentations are frequent complaints, motivating around 8.5% of all dermatological consultations in our country. They can be congenital, with different patterns of inheritance, or acquired in consequence of skin problems, systemic diseases or secondary to environmental factors. The v...
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| author | Tania Ferreira Cestari Lia Pinheiro Dantas Juliana Catucci Boza |
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| description | Cutaneous hyperpigmentations are frequent complaints, motivating around 8.5% of all dermatological consultations in our country. They can be congenital, with different patterns of inheritance, or acquired in consequence of skin problems, systemic diseases or secondary to environmental factors. The vast majority of them are linked to alterations on the pigment melanin, induced by different mechanisms. This review will focus on the major acquired hyperpigmentations associated with increased melanin, reviewing their mechanisms of action and possible preventive measures. Particularly prominent aspects of diagnosis and therapy will be emphasized, with focus on melasma, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, periorbital pigmentation, dermatosis papulosa nigra, phytophotodermatoses, flagellate dermatosis, erythema dyschromicum perstans, cervical poikiloderma (Poikiloderma of Civatte), acanthosis nigricans, cutaneous amyloidosis and reticulated confluent dermatitis |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab96b30dac0145bba77549d2e037e4482022-12-21T21:34:17ZengSociedade Brasileira de DermatologiaAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia0365-05962014-01-01891112510.1590/abd1806-4841.20142353Acquired hyperpigmentationsTania Ferreira CestariLia Pinheiro DantasJuliana Catucci BozaCutaneous hyperpigmentations are frequent complaints, motivating around 8.5% of all dermatological consultations in our country. They can be congenital, with different patterns of inheritance, or acquired in consequence of skin problems, systemic diseases or secondary to environmental factors. The vast majority of them are linked to alterations on the pigment melanin, induced by different mechanisms. This review will focus on the major acquired hyperpigmentations associated with increased melanin, reviewing their mechanisms of action and possible preventive measures. Particularly prominent aspects of diagnosis and therapy will be emphasized, with focus on melasma, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, periorbital pigmentation, dermatosis papulosa nigra, phytophotodermatoses, flagellate dermatosis, erythema dyschromicum perstans, cervical poikiloderma (Poikiloderma of Civatte), acanthosis nigricans, cutaneous amyloidosis and reticulated confluent dermatitishttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962014000100011&tlng=enDiagnosisHyperpigmentationMelanosisPigmentation disordersTherapeutics |
| spellingShingle | Tania Ferreira Cestari Lia Pinheiro Dantas Juliana Catucci Boza Acquired hyperpigmentations Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia Diagnosis Hyperpigmentation Melanosis Pigmentation disorders Therapeutics |
| title | Acquired hyperpigmentations |
| title_full | Acquired hyperpigmentations |
| title_fullStr | Acquired hyperpigmentations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acquired hyperpigmentations |
| title_short | Acquired hyperpigmentations |
| title_sort | acquired hyperpigmentations |
| topic | Diagnosis Hyperpigmentation Melanosis Pigmentation disorders Therapeutics |
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