Diseases

Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle

A cellular subtype of malignant melanoma. It is a pigmented lesion composed of melanocytes occurring on sun-exposed skin, usually the face and neck. The melanocytes are commonly multinucleated with a starburst appearance. It is considered by many to be the in situ phase of lentigo maligna melanoma.

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A cellular subtype of malignant melanoma. It is a pigmented lesion composed of melanocytes occurring on sun-exposed skin, usually the face and neck. The melanocytes are commonly multinucleated with a starburst appearance. It is considered by many to be the in situ phase of lentigo maligna melanoma.

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  • Freckle, Melanotic
  • Lentigo Maligna
  • Lentigo, Malignant
  • Melanotic Freckle
  • Freckle, Hutchinson's Melanotic
  • Freckles, Melanotic
  • Hutchinson Melanotic Freckle
  • Hutchinsons Melanotic Freckle
  • Lentigos, Malignant
  • Malignant Lentigo
  • Malignant Lentigos
  • Melanotic Freckle, Hutchinson's
  • Melanotic Freckles

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with SKIN NEOPLASMS (IM) + site (IM or NIM) if relevant

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018327. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018327
  2. Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentigo_maligna
  3. Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13257137