Diseases

Lentigo

Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles. The concept includes senile lentigo ('liver spots') and nevoid lentigo (nevus spilus, lentigo simplex) and may also occur in association with multiple congenital defects or congenital syndromes (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers syndrome).

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Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles. The concept includes senile lentigo ('liver spots') and nevoid lentigo (nevus spilus, lentigo simplex) and may also occur in association with multiple congenital defects or congenital syndromes (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers syndrome).

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  • Lentigines
  • Lentiginosis
  • Lentiginoses
  • Lentigos

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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a form of melanosis

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lentigo. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007911. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007911
  2. Lentigo. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentigo
  3. Lentigo. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1818307