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sQuiz your knowledge: Asymptomatic plaques on the face Volume 30, issue 2, March-April 2020

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1 Dermatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
2 Molecular Medicine Institute, Lisbon Medical School, Portugal

A healthy 29-year-old pregnant woman presented with a two-week history of a solitary, asymptomatic red-brown papule located under the lower lip. One month after the first visit, the lesion had enlarged to a well-circumscribed plaque, and another similar lesion had developed on the right temporal region. On physical examination, a smooth, slightly infiltrated reddish-brown plaque with follicular accentuation was seen (figure 1A). Routine laboratory investigations were normal. A skin biopsy showed [...]