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Hyperpigmentation caloricL81.8
Synonym(s)
Buschke heat melanosis; Heat contact accturticaria reticular; Heating pad disease; Heat melanosis bushke; Heat pigmentation; Heat pigmentation reticular; Hot melanosis; melanodermia reticularis calorica; Pigmentatio reticularis e calore; Reticular heat pigmentation; Thermal Pigmentation
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Abraham Buschke, 1911
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Reticulated, marbled, brownish hyperpigmentation due to increased melanin and hemosiderin production as a result of chronic, in loco regularly or irregularly repeated exposure to heat.
The reticulated hyperpigmentation is generally preceded by a reticulated erythema (live cell pattern) (see also erythema e calore), which becomes increasingly brownish under repetitive, further application of heat.
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Different, depending on the application of the heat source (back, abdomen, thighs)
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Waiting. Avoidance of the damaging agent (chronic exposure to heat), gradual regression over years. Bleaching agent ineffective.
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Years of persistence with gradual regression.
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- Youn CS et al (2005) The effects of heating and cooling on ultraviolet radiation-induced erythema and pigmentation in human skin. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 21:198-203.