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Skin diseases manifesting as agminated pigmented lesions have overlapping clinical manifestations. Therefore, accurate differentiation is challenging. The clinical characteristics, histopathological findings, and treatment response of patients diagnosed with partial unilateral lentiginosis, nevus spilus, or linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis were retrospectively analysed.
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