Melanosis faciei feminina (English spelling)

Japanese: melanosis faciei feminina(英語表記)melanosisfacieifeminina
Melanosis faciei feminina (English spelling)

...Systemic melanosis is seen in patients with arsenic melanosis, chronic adrenal insufficiency, Addison's disease, and the skin of patients with terminal malignant melanoma, but all of these are extremely rare. Melanosis faciei feminina, which mainly affects the faces of women after middle age, occurred frequently in Austria just after World War I and was reported by G. Riehl. Many cases were seen in Japan after World War II, and it is also called Riehl's melanosis or war melanosis. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "melanosis faciei feminina" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…全身性のものとしては,ヒ(砒)素黒皮症,慢性副腎皮質不全症であるアジソン病患者や,末期の悪性黒色腫患者の皮膚などにみられるが,いずれもきわめてまれなものである。主として中年期以後の女性の顔面にみられる女子顔面黒皮症melanosis faciei femininaは,第1次大戦直後にオーストリアで多発し,リールG.Riehlによって報告された。日本でも第2次大戦後に多くの症例がみられ,リール黒皮症,戦争黒皮症とも呼ばれる。…

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