Yellow to orange skin lesions

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Yellow to orange skin lesions in dermatology

Endogenous or exogenous pigment

  • Hyperbilirubinemia(Jaundice)
  • Ecchymoses.
  • Carotenemia.
  • Drug induced pigmentation (e.g. quinacrine).
  • Cadmium tattoo.
  • Tobacco staining.
  • Yellow chromonychia.
Jaundice
Carotenoderma
Cadmium tattoo
Tobacco staining
Non-traumatic abdominal wall ecchymosis

Skin disorders of elastic tissue

  • Solar elastosis.
  • Cutis rhomboidalis nuchae.
  • Favre–Racouchot syndrome.
  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
  • Papillary dermal elastolysis.
  • Mid-dermal elastolysis.
  • Keratoelastoidosis marginalis.
  • Connective tissue naevus.
Solar elastosis

Cutis rhomboidalis nuchae.
Favre–Racouchot syndrome
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Papillary dermal elastolysis
Mid-dermal elastolysis

Connective tissue nevus

Skin disorders due to keratin accumulation

  • Calluses.
  • Corns.
  • Keratoderma.
Corns
Callus
Keratoderma

Skin disorders due to lipid accumulation(Xanthomatosis)

  • Xanthelasma.
  • Plane xanthoma.
  • Eruptive xanthoma.
  • Tuberous xanthoma.
xanthelasma
Tuberous Xanthoma.
Plane xanthoma.

Cutaneous histiocytosis

  • Juvenile xanthogranuloma.
  • Solitary reticulohistiocytoma.
  • Benign cephalic histiocytosis.
  • Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
  • Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma.
  • Xanthoma Disseminatum.
Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma
Juvenile xanthogranuloma
Xanthoma Disseminatum.

Sebocytes related conditions

  • Sebaceous hyperplasia.
  • Sebaceous adenoma.
  • Sebaceoma.
  • Sebaceous carcinoma.
  • Steatocystoma multiplex.
  • Naevus sebaceous of Jadassohn.
Sebaceous hyperplasia
Sebaceous adenoma.
Steatocystoma multiplex
Naevus sebaceous of Jadassohn

Infections

  • Crusted impetigo
  • Onychomycosis
  • Trichomycosis axillaris and pubis.

Others

  • Gouty tophi.
  • Verruciform xanthoma.
  • Lipoid proteinosis.
  • Mastocytoma
  • Goltz syndrome.
  • Lichen aureus.
  • Colloid milium.
  • Piezogenic pedal papules
  • Yellow nail syndrome.
  • Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma.
Verruciform xanthoma.
Mastocytoma.
Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma.

References

  • Frew, J.W., Murrell, D.F. and Haber, R.M. (2015), Fifty shades of yellow: a review of the xanthodermatoses. Int J Dermatol, 54: 1109-1123. doi:10.1111/ijd.12945.
  • Bañuls, J., Arribas, P., Berbegal, L., DeLeón, F. J., Francés, L., & Zaballos, P. (2015). Yellow and orange in cutaneous lesions: clinical and dermoscopic data. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 29(12), 2317-2325.‏
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