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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Benign. | *Benign. | ||
*Increases with ultraviolet light exposure. | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
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*[[Simple lentigo]] - long rete ridges. | *[[Simple lentigo]] - long rete ridges. | ||
*[[Neurofibromatosis|Café-au-lait spots]].<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH|287}}</ref> | *[[Neurofibromatosis|Café-au-lait spots]].<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH|287}}</ref> | ||
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FOREARM, RIGHT, PUNCH BIOPSY: | |||
- SKIN WITH INCREASED BASAL PIGMENTATION WITHOUT INCREASED NUMBERS OF | |||
MELANOCYTES -- CONSISTENT WITH EPHELIS (FRECKLE). | |||
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===Micro=== | |||
The sections show hair-bearing skin with light basal hyperpigmentation. Melanocytes are present in normal numbers. The rete ridges are of normal length. No melanocytic nests are identified. There is no keratinocyte atypia and no parakeratosis. No significant inflammation is identified. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||