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→Lentiginous melanocytic nevus
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Melanocytes in epidermis only. | *Melanocytes without atypia in the epidermis only - '''key feature'''. | ||
*No melanocytic nests. | **No melanocytic nests. | ||
DDx: | |||
*[[Dysplastic nevus]] - specifically ''lentiginous dysplastic naevus of the elderly''.<ref name=pmid10911797>{{Cite journal | last1 = Edwards | first1 = SL. | last2 = Blessing | first2 = K. | title = Problematic pigmented lesions: approach to diagnosis. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 53 | issue = 6 | pages = 409-18 | month = Jun | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 10911797 }}</ref> | |||
*[[Melanoma in situ]] - especially if [[solar elastosis]] is present. | |||
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