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'''Lipofuscin''' is benign pigment that can be confused for melanin.
'''Lipofuscin''' is benign pigment that can be confused for melanin. It is also known as ''age pigment'', as it as associated strongly with aging.<ref name=pmid11976186>{{cite journal |vauthors=Porta EA |title=Pigments in aging: an overview |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=959 |issue= |pages=57–65 |date=April 2002 |pmid=11976186 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x |url=}}</ref>


==Called "melanosis" when it is really lipofuscin==
==Called "melanosis" when it is really lipofuscin==
*Bladder lipofuscin pigmentation.<ref name=pmid31148387>{{cite journal |vauthors=Atieh M, McIntire PJ, Kilic I, Picken MM, Flanigan RC, Barkan GA, Pambuccian SE |title=Lipofuscin pigmentation (so called "melanosis") of the bladder |journal=Diagn. Cytopathol. |volume=47 |issue=9 |pages=968–971 |date=September 2019 |pmid=31148387 |doi=10.1002/dc.24204 |url=}}</ref>
*Bladder lipofuscin pigmentation.<ref name=pmid31148387>{{cite journal |vauthors=Atieh M, McIntire PJ, Kilic I, Picken MM, Flanigan RC, Barkan GA, Pambuccian SE |title=Lipofuscin pigmentation (so called "melanosis") of the bladder |journal=Diagn. Cytopathol. |volume=47 |issue=9 |pages=968–971 |date=September 2019 |pmid=31148387 |doi=10.1002/dc.24204 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Pseudomelanosis coli]] also known as "melanosis coli".<ref name=pmid18666316>{{cite journal |author=Freeman HJ |title="Melanosis" in the small and large intestine |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=14 |issue=27 |pages=4296-9 |year=2008 |month=July |pmid=18666316 |doi= |url=http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/4296.asp}}</ref>
*[[Pseudomelanosis coli]] also known as "melanosis coli".<ref name=pmid18666316>{{cite journal |author=Freeman HJ |title="Melanosis" in the small and large intestine |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=14 |issue=27 |pages=4296-9 |year=2008 |month=July |pmid=18666316 |doi= |url=http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/4296.asp}}</ref>
==Microscopic==
Features:
*Brown pigment.
DDx:
*Melanin.
*Iron.
*Bile.
==Stains==
Features:
*PAS +ve.<ref name=pmid11976186>{{cite journal |vauthors=Porta EA |title=Pigments in aging: an overview |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=959 |issue= |pages=57–65 |date=April 2002 |pmid=11976186 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x |url=}}</ref>
*Melanin -ve.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 18:16, 24 May 2020

Lipofuscin is benign pigment that can be confused for melanin. It is also known as age pigment, as it as associated strongly with aging.[1]

Called "melanosis" when it is really lipofuscin

Microscopic

Features:

  • Brown pigment.

DDx:

  • Melanin.
  • Iron.
  • Bile.

Stains

Features:

  • PAS +ve.[1]
  • Melanin -ve.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Pigments in aging: an overview". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 959: 57–65. April 2002. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x. PMID 11976186.
  2. "Lipofuscin pigmentation (so called "melanosis") of the bladder". Diagn. Cytopathol. 47 (9): 968–971. September 2019. doi:10.1002/dc.24204. PMID 31148387.
  3. Freeman HJ (July 2008). ""Melanosis" in the small and large intestine". World J. Gastroenterol. 14 (27): 4296-9. PMID 18666316. http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/4296.asp.