 Lentigo
"Lentigo" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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).
| Descriptor ID |
D007911
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.621.430.530.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Lentigo- Lentigo
- Lentigos
- Lentigines
- Lentiginosis
- Lentiginoses
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lentigo" by people in Profiles.
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Means AD, Lee KC, Korgavkar K, Swetter SM, Dellavalle RP, Chen S, Stricklin G, Weinstock MA. Development of a Pigmented Facial Lesion Scale Based on Darkness and Extent of Lesions in Older?Veterans. J Invest Dermatol. 2019 05; 139(5):1185-1187.
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Asgari MM, Shen L, Sokil MM, Yeh I, Jorgenson E. Prognostic factors and survival in acral lentiginous melanoma. Br J Dermatol. 2017 Aug; 177(2):428-435.
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Shellman YG, Lambert KA, Brauweiler A, Fain P, Spritz RA, Martini M, Janssen KP, Box NF, Terzian T, Rewers M, Horvath A, Stratakis CA, Robinson WA, Robinson SE, Norris DA, Artinger KB, Pacheco TR. SASH1 Is Involved in an Autosomal Dominant Lentiginous Phenotype. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Dec; 135(12):3192-3194.
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