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Labial Melanotic Macule

Aka: Labial Melanotic Macule

Epidemiology
1. Most common in young women
Signs
1. Lower lip with brown Macules
Differential Diagnosis
1. Freckles
  1. Freckles darken with Sun Exposure and Labial Melanotic Macules do not
Management
1. Benign
2. Excise only for cosmetic reasons

Family Practice Notebook

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This page was written by Scott Moses, MD, last revised on 12/7/2011 and last published on 5/10/2012.

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