A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases.
1 A vesicle, bleb, and pustule are hollow; macule , papule, and tubercle are solid.
2 He had facial asymmetry, wind-swept deformity of lower limbs and a café-au-lait macule over his trunk.
3 In one kind there is red spot ( macule ) .
4 The lesions rupture spontaneously, leaving hyperpigmented macules that usually fade within few weeks.
5 Conclusions and relevance: Pink macules of the CM-AVM syndrome seem to be different from capillary malformations.
6 The physical examination showed discrete mental retardation and multiple hypomelanic macules in the legs and back.
7 The lesions of both patients were described as atypical macules and papules; mucosal sites were only locally involved.
8 Since birth, the child had presented asymptomatic angiomatous macules arranged in a segmental pattern on the neck and trunk.
9 A 36-year-old African-American woman presented with an extensive stomatitis and pigmented cutaneous macules on the neck, axillae and hands.
10 Both patients presented with multiple erythematous macules and telangiectasia on bilateral upper arms and the upper part of the trunk.
11 A 10-year-old girl presented with asymptomatic lesions in her vulva at birth, and developed brownish macules on her trunk years after.
12 Seven cases of congenital melanotic macules of the tongue have been reported, however, none of them showed sebaceous glands under the lesion.
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