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Abnormal blistering of the skin +   
Abnormal cutaneous collagen fibril morphology +   
Abnormal cutaneous elastic fiber morphology +   
Abnormal dermis morphology +   
Abnormal dermoepidermal junction morphology +   
Abnormal elasticity of skin +   
Abnormal epidermal morphology +   
Abnormal fetal skin morphology +   
Abnormality of skin pigmentation +   
Cutaneous wound +   
Decreased skin turgor 
Dermal immune complex deposition 
Dermal translucency  
Dry skin  
Flaky paint dermatosis 
Generalized abnormality of skin +   
Keratosis pilaris  
Lichenification +   
Localized skin lesion +   
Maceration  
Ochronosis  
Pallor +   
Pigment incontinence  
A process in which melanosomes (melanin granules) are deposited in the dermis. The dermal melanosomes are observed to be mainly in macrophages. This phenomenon of pigmentary incontinence usually follows an inflammatory process with the basic feature of basal cell damage, such as in lichen planus, lupus erythematosus, Riehl's melanosis, incontinentia pigmenti (Bloch-Sulzberger), and fixed drug eruption. Incontinence of pigment, or dropping off of epidermal melanin into the dermis, frequently produces a clinically recognizable and characteristic slate-gray pigmentation.
Poikiloderma +   
Regional abnormality of skin +   
Skin infectious agent +  
Stiff skin  
Thickened skin +   
Tonofilament clumping  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Pigmentary incontinence in papillary dermis
Definition Sources: PMID:16045670, PMID:6222085

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