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A 50 year old African American female presented with “moles” on her face. She began noticing them in her 30’s, but as she aged, they increased in number and size. They are asymptomatic. She notes that all of her sisters, as well as her mother, have these moles.
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Love, P.B. (2016). Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra. In: Love, P., Kundu, R. (eds) Clinical Cases in Skin of Color. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23615-5_12
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