Which term is another name for a sun spot?

Which term is another name for a sun spot?

• A. Lentigo
• B. Actinic keratosis
• C. Pyogenic granuloma
• D. Seborrheic keratosis

Answer: (A)

Sun spots are flat, pigmented spots that appear on sun-exposed skin. The term that best describes this finding is lentigo. Lentigines are small, flat areas of increased pigmentation that persist and don’t tan with sun exposure the way freckles do. They can be age-related (senile lentigo) or related to sun exposure (solar lentigo). Other options describe different skin lesions: actinic keratosis is a rough, scaly patch on sun-damaged skin and is considered premalignant; pyogenic granuloma is a small, vascular, rapidly growing and easily bleedable lesion; seborrheic keratosis is a waxy, raised, “stuck-on” appearing lesion. None of these are simply sun spots in the sense of lentigo.

Sun spots are flat, pigmented spots that appear on sun-exposed skin. The term that best describes this finding is lentigo. Lentigines are small, flat areas of increased pigmentation that persist and don’t tan with sun exposure the way freckles do. They can be age-related (senile lentigo) or related to sun exposure (solar lentigo).

Other options describe different skin lesions: actinic keratosis is a rough, scaly patch on sun-damaged skin and is considered premalignant; pyogenic granuloma is a small, vascular, rapidly growing and easily bleedable lesion; seborrheic keratosis is a waxy, raised, “stuck-on” appearing lesion. None of these are simply sun spots in the sense of lentigo.