An 8-Year-Old Girl with Lesions on Her Arms

The patient is an 8-year-old girl with a smattering of brown to black lesions on her arms. They’re not painful or causing discomfort, but her mother is concerned because they look darker than the average freckle. Exam reveals small (less than 0.5 mm), round, hyperpigmented macules.            

View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.

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