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... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Pigmentation Disorders > Hyperpigmentation > Melanosis > Lentigo
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Pigmentation Disorders > Hyperpigmentation > Melanosis > Lentigo

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Lentigo  

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  • Lentigines
  • Lentiginoses
  • Lentiginosis

Note

  • a form of melanosis

Scope note

  • Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles. The concept includes senile lentigo ('liver spots') and nevoid lentigo (nevus spilus, lentigo simplex) and may also occur in association with multiple congenital defects or congenital syndromes (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers syndrome).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007911

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