The skin pigmentation in bronze diabetes is due to-: (A) Hemosiderin, (B) Lipofuscin, (C) Melanin, (D) Both melanin & hemosiderin
Answer is D. Skin pigmentation in bronze diabetes (Hemochromatosis)
→Predominantly due to increased epidermal melanin production
→Partly attributed to hemosiderin deposition in dermal macrophages and fibroblasts.