EH70

Pigmentary abnormalities of skin due to drug

Anormalidades pigmentares cutâneas devidas a droga

Category

Definition

Disturbances of skin colour due to an ingested or injected drug. These may result from a number of different mechanisms including the colour of the drug itself, disturbed melanisation of the skin or deposition of pigments by drug breakdown products.

Index Terms

Pigmentary abnormalities of skin due to drugdrug application site discolourationdiscolouration of skin due to drugDrug-induced hypermelanosisDrug-induced hypomelanosismedicament-induced hypomelanosis