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Macule

Skin layers
Skin layers

Definition

  

A macule is a flat, distinct, colored area of skin that is less than 10 millimeters in diameter and does not include a change in skin texture or thickness.


Considerations

  


Common Causes

  


Home Care

  


Call your health care provider if

  


What to expect at your health care provider's office

  


 
Review Date: 10/29/2008
Reviewd By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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