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Pigmented
skin lesions are a dime a dozen.
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Everybody's got 'em; we're all
born with at least 10-20.
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Here are lesions we see frequently
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Less commonly, basal
cell carcinomas can be pigmented.
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Focal hyperpigmentation associated
with hormonal changes.
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Just in general, focal hyperpigmentation
is a response to chronic injury and/or inflammation of the skin (to say
nothing of solar exposure).
We need a piece of lymph
node.
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