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Pigmented Contact Dermatitis and Chemical Depigmentation

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Hyperpigmentation associated with contact dermatitis is classified into three categories: (1) hyperpigmentation due to incontinentia pigmenti histologica; (2) hyper-pigmentation due to increase in melanin in the basal layer cells of the epidermis, i.e. basal melanosis; and (3) hyperpigmentation due to slight haemorrhage around the vessels of the upper dermis, resulting in an accumulation of haemosiderin, such as in Majocchi-Schamberg dermatitis.

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  1. St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’s Hospital, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    Richard J. G. Rycroft

  2. Department of Dermatology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark

    Torkil Menné

  3. Hautklinik der Städtischen Kliniken Dortmund, Abteilung Dermatologie, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstraße 40, 44137, Dortmund, Germany

    Peter J. Frosch

  4. Clinique Dermatologique Laboratoire de Dermatochimie, Univ. Louis Pasteur, 1 Place de L’Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg, France

    Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin

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Nakayama, H. (2001). Pigmented Contact Dermatitis and Chemical Depigmentation. In: Rycroft, R.J.G., Menné, T., Frosch, P.J., Lepoittevin, JP. (eds) Textbook of Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10302-9_18

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