Causes of Dark skin

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Conditions listing medical complications: Dark skin:

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

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List of 127 causes of Dark skin

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Dark skin in our database from various sources.

• Acanthosis nigricans
• ACTH resistance - increased pigmentation
• Actinic keratosis - red-brown skin
• Addison's disease - hyperpigmentation
• Adrenal Cortex Diseases - darkening of skin
• Adrenal disorder
• Adrenal hyperplasia, congenital type 3 - increased pigmentation
• Alkaptonuria - bluish darkened skin
• Angioma - birthmarks
• Baber's syndrome - darkened skin
• Birthmark - birthmark
• Blue skin
• Bronze baby syndrome - bronze colored skin
• Bruise
• Cafe-au-lait spots
• Certain foods
• Certain medications
• Chemical poisoning - Paraffin wax - melanoderma
• Chloasma - brown pigmentation on the face in pregnancy.
• Chromosome 14 trisomy - Hyperpigmentation
• Chromosome 14 trisomy syndrome - hyperpigmentation
• Chromosome 14q deletion syndrome - hyperpigmentation
• Classic childhood ALD - melanoderma (increased skin pigmentation)
• Clouston syndrome - darkened skin over joints
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - simple virilizing form in males - increased pigmentation
• Connective tissue dysplasia, Spellacy type - cafe-au-lait spots
• Costello syndrome - dark skin pigmentation
• Craniolenticulosutural dysplasia - hyperpigmentation
• Cutaneomeningospinal angiomatosis - birth mark
• Cutaneous Anthrax - dark skin scab
• Dermatomyositis - bluish purple discolored skin rash
• Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis - increased pigmentation
• Dry gangrene
• Eczema - hyperpigmented eyelids
• Erythema ab igne - red-brown discoloration from heat exposure.
• Erythromelalgia - red or purple skin patches
• Familial polyposis - causes darkening of skin of the gums.
• Fanconi's anemia - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group A - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group B - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group C - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group D1 - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group D2 - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group E - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group F - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group G - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group I - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group J - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group L - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group M - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Complementation group N - cafe au lait spots
• Fanconi's anemia - Estren-Dameshek variant - cafe au lait spots
• Fox-Fordyce Disease - darkened skin
• Freckles
• Frostbite - greying of affected area
• Gangrene - local blackening
• Glucocorticoid deficiency, familial - hyperpigmentation
• Halal Setton Wang syndrome - cafe-au-lait spots
• Hay-Wells Syndrome - hyperpigmentation
• Hemochromatosis - bronze skin
• Hemochromatosis type 1 - bronze-colored skin
• Hemochromatosis type 2 - bronze-colored skin
• Hemochromatosis type 3 - bronze-colored skin
• Hemochromatosis type 4 - bronze-colored skin
• Hereditary Hemochromatosis - bronze-colored skin
• Humeroradioulnar synostosis - birthmark
• Hyperpigmentation - and various causes of hyperpigmentation including:
• Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis - darkening of skin
• Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia - dark-colored skin around eyes
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura - purplish skin areas
• Incontinentia Pigmenti - hyperpigmentation
• Intestinal disorder
• Jaundice - bronze skin
• Kaposi's Sarcoma - brown spots
• Kaposiform hemangio-endothelioma - dark skin plaque
• Keratosis - red-brown skin
• Lipodermatosclerosis - brown skin
• Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia - increased pigmentation
• Liver disorder
• Lymphocytic vasculitis - increased pigmentation
• Malignant melanoma
• Malnutrition
• Marchiafava-Micheli disease - bronzing skin discoloration
• McCune-Albright Syndrome - increased pigment
• Microcephaly immunodeficiency lymphoreticuloma - cafe au lait spots
• Mole - dark lumps on skin
• Mongolian blue spot - a blue/black spot on the buttocks or lower back region.
• Necrotizing fasciitis - violet skin
• Neurofibromatosis type 3A - cafe-au-lait spots
• Neurofibromatosis type 3B - cafe-au-lait spots
• Neurofibromatosis type 6 - cafe-au-lait spots
• Neurofibromatosis-1 - cafe au lait spots
• Nevus - birthmark
• Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome - cafe au lait spots
• Patterson pseudoleprechaunism syndrome - bronze skin pigmentation
• Polycystic ovary syndrome - thickened darkened skin patches
• Porokeratosis of Mibelli - dark centered small skin bumps
• Porphyria cutanea tarda, sporadic type - hyperpigmentation
• Pregnancy - causes the "mask of pregnancy" (a darkening of cheeks and forehead); also darkening nipples, genitals, and a line down the central abdomen.
• Primary biliary cirrhosis - Hyperpigmentation
• Prurigo - increased pigmentation
• Prurigo nodularis of Hyde - increased pigmentation
• Purple skin
• Radiation therapy
• Sarcoidosis - purple skin patches
• Schwartz, Cohen-Addad, Lambert syndrome - increased pigmentation
• Scleroderma - hyperpigmentation
• Seborrheic wart - also senile wart
• Seckel syndrome 2 - cafe-au-lait spots
• Seckel syndrome 3 - cafe-au-lait spots
• See also causes of hyperpigmentation
• See also causes of blue skin, purple skin, hyperpigmentation and other skin color changes
• Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome - dark skin
• Sonoda syndrome - dark skin
• Spastic paraplegia 23 - cafe-au-lait spots
• Spondylohypoplasia arthrogryposis popliteal pterygium - birthmark
• Spondylohypoplasia, arthrogryposis and popliteal pterygium - birthmark
• Stopping the pill
• Sun sensitivity - from various possible causes.
• Sunburn
• Varicose veins - may cause ankle skin darkening.
• Venous ulceration - from long-term varicose veins
• Vitamin deficiency
• Vitreoretinochoroidopathy dominant - Hyperpigmentation
• Whyte Murphy Syndrome - Hyperpigmentation
• Wolcott-Rallison syndrome - Hyperpigmentation
• Yellow nail syndrome - dark nail borders

Medical Textbooks about Dark skin

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