A small brown spot on the skin often caused by exposure to sunlight.
Lentigines, brown, roundish flat spot on the skin, often the result of exposure to the sun.
A brown roundish flat spot on the skin caused by excess development of melanin. Commoner in old people, lentigo sometimes turns into a slow-growing skin cancer.
Lentigines (freckles) are brown macules varying in diameter from 1-10 mm or more. Simple lentigines arise in childhood, not necessarily on exposed areas. They may also occur on the lips and are harmless and usually very small. Solar or actinic lentigines are common on the face, neck and backs of the hands in older people and reflect the total cumulative lifetime’s exposure to sunlight.
A leveled, brown patch of skin, commonly referred to as an age spot or liver spot. Lentigines (the plural of lentigo) resemble freckles but emerge on both concealed and uncovered skin surfaces, persisting even in winter. Generally benign, they typically necessitate no intervention. Nevertheless, any elevated, darker brown regions within a lentigo warrant examination, as they might progress into malignant melanomas.
A freckle or a tiny, well-defined pigmented mark found on the face and the back of the hands. These spots typically result from sun exposure but can also occasionally be present from birth.