Oral pigmentation is asymptomatic and does not usually cause any alteration to the texture or thickness of the affected area. The colour can be uniform...

Smoker's melanosis is seen with the naked eye as a brown to black pigmentation of the oral tissue i.e. the gums, cheeks or palate as well as in larynx. It...

such as melasma and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Drug-induced pigmentation Hypopigmentation List of skin conditions "Hyperpigmentation". Dermatalogic...

reported in association with OLP, manifesting as brown to black pigmentation on the oral mucosa and may most likely occur in dark-skinned individuals. OLP...

of hyperpigmentation in the mouth and on the hands and feet. The oral pigmentations are the first on the body to appear, and thus play an important part...

high concentrations of corticosteroids (transient) Areas of lighter pigmentation can be indications of hypopigmentation. Biopsies and genetic information...

other non-invasive techniques on differential diagnosis algorithms of oral pigmentations: A systematic review". Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry...

The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane lining the inside of the mouth. It comprises stratified squamous epithelium, termed "oral epithelium", and an underlying...

Amalgam tattoo can be distinguished from other causes of localized oral pigmentation because it does not change significantly in size or color,: 138  although...

species, as some U. sikorae species were found to share the light oral pigmentation. The diagnosis of these species based on morphology remains difficult...

palate A budlike shrunken uvula Thinning and stiffening of the lips Pigmentation of the oral mucosa Dryness of the mouth and burning sensation (stomatopyrosis)...

Oral leukoplakia is a potentially malignant disorder affecting the oral mucosa. It is defined as "essentially an oral mucosal white lesion that cannot...

pink in light skinned people, and may be naturally darker with melanin pigmentation. Changes in color, particularly increased redness, together with swelling...

An oral medicine or stomatology doctor/dentist (or stomatologist) has received additional specialized training and experience in the diagnosis and management...

inhabitants in many parts of the world due to genetic factors. Melanin pigmentation in skin, oral mucosa, inner ear and other organs is a detoxification mechanism...

by neoplasias and hyperplasias of melanocytes, as well as a number of pigmentation disorders, both hypermelanotic (containing increased melanin, the pigment...

Pigmentation of proximal nail fold Areas of dark pigmentation (palms of hands) Warning signs are new areas of pigmentation, or existing pigmentation that...

Melanosis coli, also pseudomelanosis coli, is a disorder of pigmentation of the wall of the colon, often identified at the time of colonoscopy. It is benign...

lead to a characteristic brown pigmentation of the internal colonic wall seen on colonoscopy. This abnormal pigmentation is known as melanosis coli. Senna...

major types, primary and secondary. Primary carotenoderma is from increased oral ingestion of carotenoids, whereas secondary carotenoderma is caused from...

The spotty skin pigmentation and lentigines occur most commonly on the face, especially on the lips, eyelids, conjunctiva and oral mucosa. Cardiac myxomas...

been reported to cause pigmentation of the vagina and cervix. The University of Massachusetts Online Article on Pigmentation Disease [1] Beerman & Colburn...

acanthosis nigricans, and actinic lichen planus. Also, cases of drug-induced pigmentation have been reported, caused by amiodarone, or hydroquinone-induced exogenous...

birth, but rapidly develop normal skin pigmentation in infancy. Ocular albinism affects not only eye pigmentation but visual acuity, as well. People with...

the hallmark for diagnosing Rotor syndrome. There is no distinct black pigmentation of the liver as seen in a similar, Dubin-Johnson Syndrome. Genes, SLCO1B1...

pigment. Pseudomelanism, also called abundism, is another variant of pigmentation, identifiable by dark spots or enlarged stripes, which cover a large...

in mass numbers. They consist of irregular patches of orange or brown pigmentation with characteristic "cayenne pepper" spots appearing within and at the...

they are most prominent on the face, hands and wrists. The loss of skin pigmentation is particularly noticeable around body orifices, such as the mouth, eyes...

Drug induced pigmentation may take on many different appearances, one of the most common being a change in the color, or pigmentation, of the skin. Drug-induced...

histology and appearance liver has black pigmentation Gallbladder visualization gallbladder can be visualized by oral cholecystogram gallbladder cannot be...