SPORADIC GENERALIZED LENTIGINOSIS WITHOUT SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT

A 42-year old Caucasian man with generalized, acquired lentiginosis an d no other associated diseases is described. A brief discussion about the significance of the term lentiginoses, the problems of their class ification and nomenclature is also presented. The presence at the hist opathologic examination, of some junctional nests of melanocytes provi des the basis for a discussion of the relationship of the case present ed, as well as other lentiginoses, with melanocytic naevi.