"Melanosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Disorders of increased melanin pigmentation that develop without preceding inflammatory disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D008548
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.621.430.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Chloasma- Chloasma
- Chloasmas
- Melasma
- Melasmas
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanosis" by people in Profiles.
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Daitch Z, Shields CL, Say EA, Mashayekhi A, Shields JA. SUBMILLIMETER CHOROIDAL MELANOMA DETECTION BY ENHANCED DEPTH IMAGING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IN A PATIENT WITH OCULODERMAL MELANOCYTOSIS. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2016; 10(1):6-10.
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Dalton SR, Fillman EP, Altman CE, Gardner TL, Davis TL, Bastian BC, Libow LF, Elston DM. Atypical junctional melanocytic proliferations in benign lichenoid keratosis. Hum Pathol. 2003 Jul; 34(7):706-9.
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Park SK, Neville BW. The AAMOP case challenge: a rapidly enlarging pigmented lesion of the buccal mucosa. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2002 Feb 15; 3(1):69-73.
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Smith SB, Beals SL, Elston DM, Meffert JJ. Dermoscopy in the diagnosis of tinea nigra plantaris. Cutis. 2001 Dec; 68(6):377-80.