Macule or patch

Latest Edit: Iva 2012-08-03 (EDT)

A macule is a primary skin lesion that is a flat spot of less than 10mm and of varied shapes. Skin colouration is different than the surrounding skin and may be brown, blue, red, or hypopigmented. A patch is similiar to a macule, but is larger in size.

Conditions associated with macules: The following are the most common conditions associated with macules and patches.

• Brown discolouration

Cafe au lait spot, freckles, drug reaction

• Blue discolouration

Ink (tattoo), lice

• Red discolouration

drug reaction, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, moles, rashes of rubella and rubeola.

• Hypopigmented

postinflammatory psoriasis, dermatitis, tinea versicolor, vitiligo.

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