lentiginous

In dermatology: - microscopic term referring to a linear pattern of melanocyte proliferation within the epidermal basal cell layer - lentiginous melanocytic hyperplasia can occur as a reactive change or as part of a neoplasm

References

Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, 5th ed. W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1994 pg 1174