Hyperpigmentation

Dimitris Rigopoulos, MD, PhD Professor of Dermatology-Venereology Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Alexander Katoulis, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Dermatology-Venereology Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

CONTENTS


I Histology, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Skin Pigmentation


1 The color of the skin
Rashmi Sarkar


2 The melanocyte and melanogenesis
Dimitrios Xekardakis, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, and Konstantinos Krasagakis


3 Melanin
M. Badawy Abdel-Naser, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, and
Konstantinos Krasagakis


4 Pathophysiology of hyperpigmentation
Shalini B. Reddy and Neelam Vashi


II Disorders of Hyperpigmentation


5 Melasma
Clio Dessinioti and Andreas Katsambas


6 Erythema dyschromicum perstans
Vassiliki Tzanetakou and Electra Nicolaidou


7 Lichen planus pigmentosus
Ffstratios Vakirlis and Dimitrios Ioannides


8 Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis
Elena Sotiriou


9 Mastocytosis
Michael P Makris


10 Pityriasis versicolor
Rashmi Sarkar and Vanya Narayan


11 Atrophoderma of Pasini-Pierini
Elizabeth Lazaridou


12 Poikilderma of Civette


Alexander C Katoulis and Nikolaos G. Stavrianeas


13 Pigmented non melanocytic skin lesions
Elvira Moscarella, Simonetta Piana, Caterina Longo, and Giuseppe Argenziano


14 Drug-induced hyperpigmentation
Raimonds Karls


15 Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
Torello Lotti, Tommaso Tanini, Maja Kovacevic, and Serena Gianfaldoni


16 Linear hyperpigmentation
Chee Leok Goh


17 Flagellate hyperpigmentation
Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari


18 Reticular hyperpigmentation
Alexander C Katsoulis and Efthymia Sourra


19 Genodermatoses
Aikaterini Patsatsi


III Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis


20 Clinical examination
Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari


21 Wood's Lamp
Juliano Peruzzo, Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, and Tania Cestari


22 Dermoscopy
Teresa Deinlein and Iris Zalaudek


23 Histopathology
Almut Böer-Auer


24 Reflectance confocal microscopy


Caterina Longo, Maurizio Greco, Silvana Ciardo, and Giovanni Pellacani


25 Spectrophotometry
Riccardo Pampena


26 Diagnostic algorithms
Stamatis Gregoriou


27 Differential diagnosis of circumscribed and diffuse hyperpigmentation
Maria Kyriazopoulou and Efstathios Rallis


IV Treatment


28 Cosmetic camouflage for pigmentation issues
Zoe Diana Draelos


29 Sunscreens
Pauline Lecerf


30 Medical therapy


Dimitrios Rigopoulos, Alexander C Katoulis, Efthymia Sourra, and Antigone Alevizou


31 Chemical peels
Myrto Trakatelli, Kostantinos Kalokasidis, and Paola Pasquali


32 Cryotherapy
Paola Pasquali and Myrto Trakatelli


33 Electrosurgery
Maria Tsoukas and Jeremiah Au


34 Lasers


Maria Tsoukas, Monica Boen, Caroline Doo, and Benjamin C Garden


35 Intense Pulsed Light


Owen Kramer, Benjamin C Garden, and Maria Tsoukas





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