Discoloration of the Hair

Hair discoloration caused by etretinate.

Tobacco-associated yellow discoloration of upper lip hair: smoker's mustache.

BACKGROUND Hair is susceptible to exogenous sources of discoloration. There are several exogenous etiologies for yellow hair discoloration, including tobacco. PURPOSE We describe the clinical features of five men with tobacco-associated yellow discoloration of their mustache, a condition known as "smoker's mustache." We also review the characteristics of men with tobacco-associated yellow dis...

The yellow discoloration of desflurane

rane (Suprane, Baxter Healthcare, Puerto Rico, USA) in the Dräger vaporizer (Dräger D-vapor, Dräger Medical GmbH, Lübeck, Germany) had turned yellow while filling the vaporizer (Fig. 1). We immediately changed the vaporizer. Yellow discoloration of desflurane occurs relatively infrequently and is not widely known; however, this was the second incident in our hospital. The yellowing of desfluran...

Brown Discoloration on the Face

Case: A 54-year-old woman was visited with a history of asymptomatic gray-brown discoloration of the facial skin at our dermatology clinic. The lesions first appeared on her chin and then became progressively darker and extended to her nose and, to a lesser extent, to the periphery of her face over a period of five years. She mentioned that the lesions worsened with heat and sun exposure. Her p...

Discoloration in the Hands.

A 42-year-old woman had pain in her hands and discoloration on the tips of her fingers and toes when exposed to cold (Figure 1). She had chronic systemic lupus erythematosus that was diagnosed seven years earlier. Her urinalysis findings were abnormal, including the presence of proteinuria and hematuria. Her creatinine level was normal, and her antinuclear antibody titer was 1:2,560. Renal biop...