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Preferred term

Lentigo  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lentigines
  • Lentiginosis

In other languages

  • French

  • Grain de beauté
  • Lentigine
  • Lentiginose

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TTWRJB95-C

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