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Dermatology

Disorders of Hyperpigmentation

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  1. 01

    Overview

    • What this topic covers
    • Classifying disorders of hyperpigmentation

    2 slides

  2. 02

    Diffuse and Circumscribed Hyperpigmentation

    Two big causes -- postinflammatory pigment and drug reactions -- can look either diffuse or circumscribed

    • Introduction
    • Hyperpigmentation from keratinocyte (epidermal) disorders
    • Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH)
    • Epidemiology and pathogenesis of PIH
    • Epidermal vs dermal PIH
    • Clinical appearance of PIH
    • Five causes of postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
    • Disorders that commonly lead to postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
    • Disorders that commonly lead to postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (continued)
    • Disorders that commonly lead to postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (continued)
    • Disorders that commonly lead to postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (continued)
    • Disorders that commonly lead to postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (continued)
    • Disorders that commonly lead to postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (continued)
    • Differential diagnosis of PIH
    • Treating postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
    • Pemphigus foliaceus with postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
    • Erythema dyschromicum perstans (EDP)
    • Pathogenesis and clinical course of EDP
    • Ashy patches of erythema dyschromicum perstans
    • Differential diagnosis and treatment of EDP
    • Lichen planus pigmentosus (LPP)
    • Lichen planus pigmentosus in a skin fold
    • Associations, differential, and treatment of LPP
    • Melasma
    • 90%+
    • What drives melasma
    • Pathogenesis of melasma
    • The three classic patterns of melasma
    • Melasma in men and the role of Wood's lamp
    • Malar melasma in a man
    • Pathology of melasma
    • Differential diagnosis of melasma
    • Differential diagnosis of melasma (continued)
    • Differential diagnosis of melasma (continued)
    • Treatment options for melasma
    • Treatment options for melasma (continued)
    • Melasma treatment in practice
    • Other circumscribed hyperpigmentation disorders
    • Segmental pigmentation disorder
    • Familial progressive hyperpigmentation and GIST
    • Amyloidosis, mastocytosis, and other circumscribed causes
    • Pigmented lesions: an overview
    • Drug-induced hyperpigmentation or discoloration
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Drugs and chemicals associated with hyperpigmentation or discoloration (continued)
    • Argyria: silver deposition in the skin
    • Exogenous ochronosis from topical hydroquinone
    • Minocycline-induced skin pigmentation
    • Clofazimine discoloration over old leprosy lesions
    • Minocycline pigmentation mistaken for bruising
    • Minocycline pigmentation with a sharp colour line
    • Other causes of diffuse hyperpigmentation
    • Approach to diffuse hyperpigmentation in adults

    62 slides

  3. 03

    Linear Hyperpigmentation

    A streak or line of extra pigment -- the first question is always whether it follows the lines of Blaschko

    • Approaching a linear pigmented streak
    • Pigmentary demarcation lines (PDLs)
    • Pigmentary demarcation lines on the arm and thigh
    • The eight recognised types of pigmentary demarcation line
    • Pigmentary demarcation lines mapped on the body
    • Telling PDLs apart from disease
    • Linear postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
    • Phytophotodermatitis after citrus contact
    • Linear epidermal phytophotodermatitis
    • Phytophotodermatitis from lime juice
    • Phytophotodermatitis streaks in a child
    • Linear postinflammatory hyperpigmentation from scratching
    • Disorders with linear hyperpigmentation
    • Disorders with linear hyperpigmentation (continued)
    • Other causes of a linear streak
    • Flagellate pigmentation from bleomycin
    • Why bleomycin causes streaked pigment
    • Bleomycin pigmentation: dose and timing
    • Flagellate (streaked) pigmentation from bleomycin
    • Differential diagnosis and treatment
    • Shiitake dermatitis (flagellate mushroom dermatitis)
    • Cause and course of shiitake dermatitis
    • Hyperpigmentation along the lines of Blaschko
    • Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis (LWNH)
    • Pathogenesis and course of LWNH
    • Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis
    • Working up suspected LWNH
    • Light brown Blaschko-line streaks in LWNH
    • Telling LWNH apart from other Blaschko-line disorders
    • Histology: incontinentia pigmenti vs LWNH
    • Linear pigmentation of Conradi-Hunermann-Happle syndrome
    • Linear atrophoderma of Moulin
    • Atrophoderma of Moulin
    • Atrophoderma of Moulin on the thigh
    • Incontinentia pigmenti (IP)
    • Stage 3 incontinentia pigmenti
    • A second case of stage 3 incontinentia pigmenti

    37 slides

  4. 04

    Reticulated Hyperpigmentation

    True reticulated (lattice / net-pattern) pigment disorders are rare -- most 'reticulated' skin is something more common

    • What counts as true reticulated pigment
    • Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis
    • Erythema ab igne from chronic heat exposure
    • Disorders that feature reticulated pigmentation
    • Prurigo pigmentosa
    • Prurigo pigmentosa: from crusted papules to reticulated pigment
    • Prurigo pigmentosa clinical appearance
    • Three stages and treatment of prurigo pigmentosa
    • Treating prurigo pigmentosa
    • Dyskeratosis congenita (DKC)
    • Who gets DKC
    • Genetic causes of dyskeratosis congenita
    • Genetic causes of dyskeratosis congenita (continued)
    • Genetic causes of dyskeratosis congenita (continued)
    • Why faulty telomeres cause disease
    • Telomere shortening: from gene fault to disease
    • How telomerase and its partner proteins protect chromosomes
    • Skin and nail changes in DKC
    • The skin and nail features of dyskeratosis congenita
    • Early nail changes of dyskeratosis congenita
    • Mouth, tooth, and eye findings in DKC
    • Bone marrow failure and malignancy in DKC
    • Other organs affected in DKC
    • Pathology and diagnosis of DKC
    • Comparing dyskeratosis congenita with Fanconi anemia
    • Comparing dyskeratosis congenita with Fanconi anemia (continued)
    • Fanconi anemia: a DKC look-alike
    • Differential diagnosis and treatment of DKC
    • Naegeli-Franceschetti-Jadassohn (NFJ) syndrome
    • Mechanism and clinical picture of NFJ
    • Pathology, differential, and treatment of NFJ
    • Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis (DPR)
    • Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis
    • Pathology and differential of DPR
    • X-linked reticulate pigmentary disorder
    • Clinical picture: women vs men
    • X-linked reticulate pigmentary disorder in a boy
    • Pathology, differential, and treatment
    • Dowling-Degos disease (DDD)
    • Mechanism of Dowling-Degos disease
    • Dowling-Degos disease in a skin fold
    • Pathology, variants, and differential of DDD
    • Treating Dowling-Degos disease
    • Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura (RAK)
    • Pathology, differential, and treatment of RAK

    45 slides

  5. 05

    Dyschromatoses

    Disorders with BOTH extra pigment and pale patches side by side -- often in a fine, guttate (droplet-like) pattern

    • What defines a dyschromatosis
    • Dyschromic amyloidosis cutis
    • A wider family of dyschromatoses
    • A wider family of dyschromatoses (continued)
    • A wider family of dyschromatoses (continued)
    • A wider family of dyschromatoses (continued)
    • A wider family of dyschromatoses (continued)
    • A wider family of dyschromatoses (continued)
    • A wider family of dyschromatoses (continued)
    • Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria (DSH)
    • Genetics and course of DSH
    • Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria
    • Differential diagnosis and treatment of DSH
    • Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DUH)
    • Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria
    • Differential diagnosis and treatment of DUH
    • Acquired brachial cutaneous dyschromatosis
    • Key takeaways
    • References
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    • Dermatology, 5th Edition (2-Volume Set)

    27 slides