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Descriptor English: Hyperpigmentation
Descriptor Spanish: Hiperpigmentación
Descriptor hiperpigmentación
Scope note: Pigmentación excesiva de la piel que suele producirse más como resultado del incremento de la melanización de la epidermis que del incremento del número de melanocitos. La etiología es diversa y la condición puede originarse por exposición a la luz, productos químicos u otras sustancias, o por un trastorno metabólico primario.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hiperpigmentação
Descriptor French: Hyperpigmentation
Entry term(s): Hypermelanoses
Hypermelanosis
Tree number(s): C17.800.621.430
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017495
Scope note: Excessive pigmentation of the skin, usually as a result of increased epidermal or dermal melanin pigmentation, hypermelanosis. Hyperpigmentation can be localized or generalized. The condition may arise from exposure to light, chemicals or other substances, or from a primary metabolic imbalance.
Annotation: do not confuse with HYPOPIGMENTATION
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pigmentation Disorders (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30694
Unique ID: D017495
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/20
Revision Date: 2016/07/01
Hyperpigmentation - Preferred
Concept UI M0026546
Scope note Excessive pigmentation of the skin, usually as a result of increased epidermal or dermal melanin pigmentation, hypermelanosis. Hyperpigmentation can be localized or generalized. The condition may arise from exposure to light, chemicals or other substances, or from a primary metabolic imbalance.
Preferred term Hyperpigmentation
Entry term(s) Hypermelanoses
Hypermelanosis



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