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 =Lentiginous melanocytic lesions=
-==Ephelis==
-:This is ''not'' a melanocytic lesion. It here as its in the [[differential diagnosis]] of pigmented skin lesions.
-*[[AKA]] ''freckle''.
-===General===
-*Benign.
-===Gross===
-*Flat pigmented lesions.
-*Typically in sun exposed areas.
-Image:
-*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freckled.jpg Freckles (WC)].
-===Microscopic===
-Features:<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH|287}}</ref>
-*Basal pigmentation of keratinocytes.
-*Normal numbers of melanocytes.
-*Normal rete ridges.
-DDx:
-*[[Solar lentigo]] - long rete ridges and solar damage.
-*[[Simple lentigo]] - long rete ridges.
-*[[Neurofibromatosis|Café-au-lait spots]].<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH|287}}</ref>
 ==Lentigo simplex==
 *[[AKA]] ''simple lentigo''.<ref>URL: [http://www.dermnetnz.org/lesions/lentigo-simplex.html http://www.dermnetnz.org/lesions/lentigo-simplex.html]. Accessed on: 27 March 2013.</ref>
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 *[[Solar lentigo]] - in sun exposed areas.
-*Ephelis (freckle) - change with UV light exposure.
+*[[Ephelis]] (freckle) - change with UV light exposure.
 *Melanotic macule.
 *Lentiginous nevus.