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    Pigmentation disorders can cause either increased or decreased pigmentation of the skin. Disorders that cause diffuse hyperpigmentation include carotenaemia, haemochromatosis, melasma, Addison's disease, Cushing's syndrome, Nelson's syndrome, and chronic renal failure. Photoexposed site hyperpigmentation can be caused by porphyrias or certain drugs like amiodarone. Decreased pigmentation disorders mentioned include vitiligo, albinism, pityriasis alba, pityriasis versicolor, and idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis.

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    Pigmentation disorders can cause either increased or decreased pigmentation of the skin. Disorders that cause diffuse hyperpigmentation include carotenaemia, haemochromatosis, melasma, Addison's disease, Cushing's syndrome, Nelson's syndrome, and chronic renal failure. Photoexposed site hyperpigmentation can be caused by porphyrias or certain drugs like amiodarone. Decreased pigmentation disorders mentioned include vitiligo, albinism, pityriasis alba, pityriasis versicolor, and idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis.

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    Pigmentation Disorders: Medicine, Elsevier, China, Pp. 1295-1296

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    Pigmentation disorders can cause either increased or decreased pigmentation of the skin. Disorders that cause diffuse hyperpigmentation include carotenaemia, haemochromatosis, melasma, Addison's disease, Cushing's syndrome, Nelson's syndrome, and chronic renal failure. Photoexposed site hyperpigmentation can be caused by porphyrias or certain drugs like amiodarone. Decreased pigmentation disorders mentioned include vitiligo, albinism, pityriasis alba, pityriasis versicolor, and idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis.

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    Pigmentation Disorders

    Pigmentation
    Increased pigmentation

    Decreased Pigmentation

    Disorder
    Diffuse hyperpigmentation:
    - Carotenaemia
    - Haemochromatosis
    Endocrine pigmentation:
    - Melasma
    - Addisons disease
    - Cushings syndrome
    - Nelsons syndrome
    - Chronic renal failure
    Photoexposed site hyperpigmentation:
    - Porphyrias
    Drug-induced:
    - Amiodarone
    - Arsenic
    - Bleomycin
    - Busulfan
    - Chloroquine
    - Clofazimine
    - Mepacrine
    - Minocycline
    - Phenothiazines
    - Psoralens
    Facial hypermelanosis:
    - Freckles
    - Lentigines
    Vitiligo
    Albinism
    Pityriasis alba
    Pityriasis versicolor
    Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
    Phenylketonuria
    Hypopituitarism

    Reference:
    Davidson, S 2014, Chapter 28: Skin Disease, in BR Walker, NR Colledge,
    SH Ralston, ID Penman (eds.), Davidsons Principles and Practice of
    Medicine, Elsevier, China, pp. 1295-1296.

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