National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Lentigo

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3159

ALT_DEFINITION

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).

code

C3159

DEFINITION

A flat, benign, pigmented spot on the skin caused by excessive deposition of melanin from an increased number of melanocytes in the cell layer directly above the basement membrane of the epidermis. Formation is usually related to sun exposure during youth, and the lesions do not typically progress to malignancy.

FULL_SYN

Lentiginosis

label

Lentigo

Legacy_Concept_Name

Lentigo

Preferred_Name

Lentigo

prefixIRI

C3159

prefLabel

Lentigo

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0023321

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C27555

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