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HIPERPIGMENTACION [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Skin
DEF

The process of coloration produced in the body by excessive amounts of pigments.

CONT

Generalized hyperpigmentation. Diffuse brown hyperpigmentation is a feature of Addison's disease with accentuation of the pigment in body folds (palmar creases), pressure points (knuckles, elbows), and gingival mucous membrane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Excès de pigments dans les tissus.

CONT

Hyperpigmentation par accumulation, trouble de la répartition d'un pigment normal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Piel
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Record 2 2010-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

An eruption of velvet warty benign growths and hyperpigmentation occurring in the skin of the axillae, neck, anogenital area, and groins.

Key term(s)
  • papillary and pigmentary dystrophy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
DEF

Ensemble de placards hyperkératosiques épaissis rugueux, hyperpigmentés, siégeant de façon élective dans les grands plis (aisselles, aines, régions latérocervicales), symétriques et non prurigineux et caractérisés histologiquement par une papillomatose avec acanthose et surcharge pigmentaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidermis y dermis
DEF

Enfermedad rara de la piel, caracterizada por la presencia de hiperqueratosis e hiperpigmentación(lesiones de color gris parduzco y engrosadas, que dan un aspecto verrugoso y superficie aterciopelada) en los pliegues cutáneos perianales y de las axilas.

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