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Skin spots

Skin spots: Introduction

Skin spots: The occurrence of spots that are located on the skin. See free access online books about Skin spots below. See detailed information below for a list of 24 causes of Skin spots, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Skin spots

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Causes of Types of Skin spots:

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Skin spots: Symptom Checker

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Skin spots

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Diagnostic Guides for Skin spots

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Skin spots from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Skin spots. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Skin spots

Medical Books Excerpts
  • Pustular rash
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
 

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Medications or substances causing Skin spots:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Skin spots as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Asacol capsules
  • Mesalamine capsules
  • Balsalazide capsules
  • Olsalazine capsules
  • Canasa capsules
  • Rowasa capsules
  • more causes...»

See full list of 33 medications causing Skin spots

Detailed list of causes of Skin spots

The list below shows some of the causes of Skin spots mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 24 causes of Skin spots

How Common are these Causes of Skin spots?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Skin spots. Of the 24 causes of Skin spots that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 22 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 24 causes of Skin spots

Conditions listing symptoms: Skin spots:

The following list of conditions have 'Skin spots' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Accidental Eye Injury ... Ecchymosis
  • ADULT syndrome ... excessive freckling

    D

  • De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome ... freckling
  • Dermatomyositis ... brownish pigmentation over joints
  • Dyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman ... discolored skin spots

    E

  • Ermine phenotype ... brown skin spots

    J

  • Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia ... brown skin spots

    K

  • Kaposi's Sarcoma ... skin spots

    L

  • Leprosy ... discolored skin spots
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis ... discolored skin spots

    N

  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) ... brown skin spots
  • Neurofibromatosis-1 ... brown skin spots

    P

  • Poxviridae disease ... skin spots

    R

  • Roy-Maroteaux-Kremp syndrome ... excessive freckling

    S

  • Skin Diseases, Viral ... skin spots

    X

  • Xeroderma pigmentosum ... Excessive freckling, freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 1 ... Excessive freckling, freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 2 ... Excessive freckling, freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 3 ... Excessive freckling, freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 4 ... freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 5 ... Excessive freckling, freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 6 ... Excessive freckling, freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 7 ... Excessive freckling, freckling
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, variant type ... Excessive freckling

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  • Causes of Skin spots Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Skin spots based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?

    Classifications of Skin spots:

    Subtypes of Skin spots:

    Ecchymosis (1 cause)

    Medical Conditions associated with Skin spots:

    Rash (930 causes), Skin symptoms (3572 causes), Skin problems (3304 causes)

    Symptoms related to Skin spots:

    Skin rash (930 causes), Skin blisters (337 causes), Skin ulcers, Skin color changes (1649 causes), Hutchinson's freckle, Macule, Papule, Erythema, Vesicles, Blisters (337 causes), Malignant melanoma, Squamous cell carcinoma, Basal cell carcinoma, Marjolin ulcer, Rodent ulcer, Superficial spreading melanoma, Nodular melanoma, Acral lentigenous melanoma, Clarke's classification

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