Postinflammatory hypermelanosis

Definition

Melanin pigmentation of the skin resulting from preceding cutaneous inflammation, particularly when this is centred on the dermo-epidermal junction as in lichen planus. Damage to melanocytes results in release of melanin into the dermis (pigmentary incontinence).

Also indexed as

Nearby in Acquired hypermelanosis

• ED60.0Physiological hypermelanosis
• ED60.1Melasma
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified