6.3.2 Lentigo

LC1Y

General term for small circumscribed macules with increased melanin but no increase in number of melanocytes.  

Brown macule on skin or mucosa. 

Brown macule.

Most often hands, face, occasionally mucosa.

Mucosal lentigo, ephelides (freckles), sunburn freckles, PUVA freckles, genital lentigo, senile lentigo, solar lentigo. 

Clinical findings; skin biopsy not usually needed. 

Melanocytic naevus, Lentigo maligna and other pigmented skin lesions.

None required.