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Lentigo is a term that describes a clinically distinct lesion that may be sub-classified as solar lentigo and lentigo simplex. Lentiginous is a descriptive term of a pattern of melanocytic growth as individual cells along the dermal epidermal junction. Lentiginous melanocytic proliferation may be observed in lentigo, however it is also observed in other processes including dysplastic nevus, lentigo maligna, acral lentiginous melanoma and mucosal melanoma.
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Masterpol, K.S., Primiani, A., Duncan, L.M. (2013). Lentigo Versus Lentiginous. In: Atlas of Essential Dermatopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4471-7_36
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