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Lentigo, Other Melanosis, and the Acquired Nevus

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In this chapter, benign pigmented lesions associated with increased melanin pigment in basal keratinocytes and mild increase in the number of melanocytes such as lentigo, psoralen and ultraviolet A lentigo, solar lentigo, café au lait macule, ink-spot lentigo, mucosal melanotic macule, vulvar melanosis, and nevus spilus/speckled lentiginous nevus are discussed. In addition, the common acquired nevi are a phenomenon of the epidermis and papillary dermis, and they can present as junctional nevus, compound nevus, and dermal nevus.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Mai P. Hoang MD & Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

  2. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street Warren 820, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Mai P. Hoang MD

  3. Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

  4. Melanoma Program, Dana Farber Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, 41 Louis Pasteur Avenue, Room 317B, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Martin C. Mihm Jr. MD

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Hoang, M.P., Mihm, M.C. (2014). Lentigo, Other Melanosis, and the Acquired Nevus. In: Hoang, M., Mihm Jr., M. (eds) Melanocytic Lesions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0891-2_1

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