Symptom
Hyperpigmentation
Excessive cutaneous pigmentation due to increased melanin synthesis and/or deposition in the epidermis or dermis, producing focal or diffuse skin darkening. It may be secondary to ultraviolet radiation, inflammation, endocrine disorders (estrogen, progesterone, Addison's disease), medications (antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, chemotherapy), and acanthosis nigricans.
Referencing diagnoses
- Acute intermittent porphyria
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Cushings disease
- Cushing syndrome
- Hypoaldosteronism
- Hypopituitarism
- Leishmaniasis
- Lung cancer
- Pituitary adenoma
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Whipple's disease
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.