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 ====Micro====
-The sections show a non-keratinized squamous mucosa.  The epithelium has no significant pathology and does not have noticable pigmentation.  The subepithelial tissue has pigmented macrophages (melanophages) and is otherwise unremarkable.
+The sections show a non-keratinized squamous mucosa. The squamous epithelium has no
+significant pathology and does not have noticeable pigmentation. The subepithelial tissue
+has pigmented macrophages (melanophages) and is otherwise unremarkable.
+A Fontana-Masson stain marks the pigment (confirming it is melanin).  A Prussian blue
+stain is negative.
 ==Smoker's melanosis==