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==Solar lentigo==
==Solar lentigo==
*Plural ''solar lentigines''.
===General===
===General===
*Benign.
*Benign.
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*Small (< 4 mm), irregular brown macule.
*Small (< 4 mm), irregular brown macule.
*Usu. sun-exposed area.
*Usu. sun-exposed area.
DDx (clinical):
*[[Lentigo maligna]] - melanoma in situ on sun damaged skin.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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**Pagetoid spread of melanocytes.
**Pagetoid spread of melanocytes.


Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skin_tumors_181.jpg Solar lentigo (WC)].


==See also==
==See also==
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