Trait
Dark circles around the eyes
Clinical name: Periorbital hyperpigmentation
Increased pigmentation of the skin in the region surrounding the orbit of the eye.
Summary
- Also called
- Dark circles under the eyes, Darkening around the eyes, Pigmentation around the eyes, Idiopathic cutaneous hyperchromia at the orbital region, Infraorbital pigmentation, Periorbital melanosis
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Dark circles around the eyes is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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