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Non-melanin pigmentation due to ingested or injected substance

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Link to WHO Definition

Non-melanin pigmentation due to ingested or injected substance – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2112453766

Pigmentation of the skin resulting from exogenous pigments derived from substances ingested or injected into the body. The pigment may be dietary (especially betacarotenes), from drugs or their metabolites (e.g. clofazimine) or from other causes such as transfusional haemosiderosis.