ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the epidermis and epidermal appendages
Disorders of skin colour
ED62 — Endogenous non-melanin pigmentation
ED62.0 — Haemosiderin pigmentation of skin

ICD-11 ED62.0 — Haemosiderin pigmentation of skin

Dermal haemosiderin deposition causes a yellowish-brown or bronze discolouration of the skin. The deposition may be focal as seen following repeated extravasation of red blood cells (e.g. in association with venous hypertension or chronic vasculitis) or from generalised iron overload (e.g. haemochromatosis). Haemosiderin may stimulate melanogenesis and thus the colour is due to variable proportions of haemosiderin and melanin.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.