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	- SKIN WITH INCREASED BASAL PIGMENTATION WITHOUT INCREASED NUMBERS OF		- SKIN WITH INCREASED BASAL PIGMENTATION WITHOUT INCREASED NUMBERS OF
	MELANOCYTES -- CONSISTENT WITH ~~EPHILIS~~ (FRECKLE).		MELANOCYTES -- CONSISTENT WITH EPHELIS (FRECKLE).
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	WITH EPHILIS (FRECKLE).		MELANOCYTES -- CONSISTENT WITH EPHILIS (FRECKLE).
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	- INCREASED BASAL PIGMENTATION WITHOUT INCREASED MELANOCYTES -- CONSISTENT WITH EPHILIS (FRECKLE).		- INCREASED BASAL PIGMENTATION WITHOUT INCREASED NUMBERS OF MELANOCYTES -- CONSISTENT
			WITH EPHILIS (FRECKLE).
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	==General==		==General==
	*Benign.		*Benign.
			*Increases with ultraviolet light exposure.

	==Gross==		==Gross==
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	*[[Simple lentigo]] - long rete ridges.		*[[Simple lentigo]] - long rete ridges.
	*[[Neurofibromatosis\|Café-au-lait spots]].<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH\|287}}</ref>		*[[Neurofibromatosis\|Café-au-lait spots]].<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH\|287}}</ref>

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			FOREARM, RIGHT, PUNCH BIOPSY:
			- INCREASED BASAL PIGMENTATION WITHOUT INCREASED MELANOCYTES -- CONSISTENT WITH EPHILIS (FRECKLE).
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			===Micro===
			The sections show hair-bearing skin with light basal hyperpigmentation. Melanocytes are present in normal numbers. The rete ridges are of normal length. No melanocytic nests are identified. There is no keratinocyte atypia and no parakeratosis. No significant inflammation is identified.

	==See also==		==See also==

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'''Ephelis''', commonly known as '''freckle''', is a benign flat pigmented skin lesion. It is in the [[differential diagnosis]] of pigmented skin lesions.

==General==
*Benign.

==Gross==
*Flat pigmented lesions.
*Typically in sun exposed areas.

Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freckled.jpg Freckles (WC)].

==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH|287}}</ref>
*Basal pigmentation of keratinocytes.
*Normal numbers of melanocytes.
*Normal rete ridges.

DDx:
*[[Solar lentigo]] - long rete ridges and solar damage.
*[[Simple lentigo]] - long rete ridges.
*[[Neurofibromatosis|Café-au-lait spots]].<ref name=Ref_DCHH287>{{Ref DCHH|287}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Dermatopathology]].
*[[Melanocytic lesions]].
*[[Malignant melanoma]].

==References==
{{Reflist|1}}

[[Category:Dermatopathology]]