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Photographs showing dark mottled pigmentation on the hands.
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The pigmentation was more pronounced over the extremities (Figures 1 and 2).
Photographs showing dark mottled pigmentation on the hands.
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The pigmentation was more pronounced over the extremities (Figures 1 and 2).
Generalised pigmentation seen on the dorsum of tongue with prominent lingual papillae.
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The lingual papillae were seen as prominent whitish spots, which on palpation appeared to be leathery in consistency (Figure 3).
Increase in the number of melanocytes in the basal and suprabasal layers (Masson Fontana, 10x).
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Also, Masson-Fontana stained sections showed an increase in the number of melanocytes in the basal and suprabasal cell layers (Figure 4).