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Chapter 12 - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)»Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)»Other melanin hyperpigmentation (L81.4)

L81.4

Other melanin hyperpigmentation

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Lentigo11 drugs (9 approved, 2 experimental)

Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles. The concept includes senile lentigo ('liver spots') and nevoid lentigo (nevus spilus, lentigo simplex) and may also occur in association with multiple congenital defects or congenital syndromes (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers syndrome).