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The 'macule' is the simplest dermatological lesion. It is flat and can only be seen and not felt. The 'macule' is noted by a change in color of the skin. It may be brown, blue, red or exhibit a lesser pigment or an absence of pigment. The color of the lesion is one way in which a diagnosis may be focused.
Macules may develop as a result of cystic or otherwise severe acne. They occur after a pimple or cyst has healed, and may remain for up to six months. They are sometimes known in such cases as "pseudo-scars", but unlike true scars they are not permanent.

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Examples of macular lesions and disorders

Macules by color

Brown

Blue

Red

Hypopigmented

Examples of macular lesions and disorders

★ Freckle

★ Vitiligo

★ Tinea versicolor

★ Becker's nevus

★ Café-au-lait spot

★ Erythrasma

★ Fixed drug eruption

★ Junctional nevus

★ Lentigo maligna

★ Lentigo

★ Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia

★ Melasma

★ Phototoxic drug eruption

★ Stasis dermatitis

★ Mongolian spot

Macules by color

Brown

★ Becker's nevus

★ Café-au-lait spot

★ Freckle

★ Melasma

★ Photoxic drug eruption

Blue

★ Ink (tattoo)

★ Mongolian spot

★ Ochronosis

Red

★ Drug eruptions

★ Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

★ Rheumatic fever

★ Viral exanthems

Hypopigmented

★ Piebaldism

★ Radiation dermatitis

★ Vitiligo

★ Tuberous sclerosis