Planes (flush with the level of skin)


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MACULE:  A lesion less than 1.0 cm in greatest dimension that is flush with the level of surrounding normal skin and whose color differs from that of the surrounding normal skin (example: traumatic "senile" purpura).

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PATCH:  A lesion 1.0 cm or larger in greatest dimension that is flush with the level of surrounding normal skin and whose color differs from that of the surrounding normal skin (example: "Mongolian spot").