RT Book, Section
A1 Weinberg, Samuel
A1 Prose, Neil S.
A1 Kristal, Leonard
SR Print(0)
ID 6988824
T1 Section 23. Benign and Malignant Pigmented Lesions
T2 Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 4e
YR 2008
FD 2008
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145543-5
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6988824
RD 2024/04/19
AB This  is  the  learned  word  for  a  freckle.  The  plural  is  ephelides  (pronounced  ěf-ěl-ĩ-dēz  brown  macules  are  exceedingly  common  on  the  face  in  some  children.  They  appear  after  exposure  to  sunlight  and  are  more  common  in  children  with  very  fair  skin  or  red  hair.  They  tend  to  disappear  in  adult  life.  Histologically,  these  lesions  show  increased  amounts  of  epidermal  melanin  but  no  abundance  of  melanocytes.