Black ink spot L81.42

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Synonym(s)

Ink spot lentigo; Ink Spot Lentigo; sunburn lentigo

Definition
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A black-brown, star-shaped variant of a solar lentigo, occurring in younger people, with mostly asymmetrical architecture, which can remind one of an initial melanoma.

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Lentigo solaris;

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Black ink spot. reflected light microscopy (lesion in the area of the forehead in a 29-year-old w...
Black ink spot. reflected light microscopy (detail enlargement of a lesion in the forehead area i...
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