genital melanotic macules pictures Are These Hyperpigmented Lesions Cause for Concern? Labial melanotic macule

4 MCR Target receptors MC1R, MC3R, MC4R, MC5R activated simultaneously

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Clinical Features Typical intradermal and compound nevi can be seen in the vulva and are similar to those at other sites ( Fig

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It is not clear whether the replacement of melanocytes of the basal cell layer of the oral epithelium lost to physiological processes of apoptosis or senescence, or to mechanical, thermal, or chemical injury is the result of cell division of mature melanocytes in the basal cell layer of the oral epithelium which still retain their capacity of replication, or a result of migration from their local niche reservoirs of melanocyte stem/progenitor cells and their subsequent proliferation [6]