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.
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.
Cutis rhomboidalis nuchae.
Connective tissue nevus
Skin disorders due to keratin accumulation
- Calluses.
- Corns.
- Keratoderma.
Skin disorders due to lipid accumulation(Xanthomatosis)
- Xanthelasma.
- Plane xanthoma.
- Eruptive xanthoma.
- Tuberous xanthoma.
Cutaneous histiocytosis
- Juvenile xanthogranuloma.
- Solitary reticulohistiocytoma.
- Benign cephalic histiocytosis.
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma.
- Xanthoma Disseminatum.
Sebocytes related conditions
- Sebaceous hyperplasia.
- Sebaceous adenoma.
- Sebaceoma.
- Sebaceous carcinoma.
- 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.
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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