A patch is a large macule equal to or greater than 1 cm in diameter.^{[1][nb 1]}

[edit] See also

• Skin lesion
• Skin disease
• List of skin diseases

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ With regard to the quote "...equal to or greater than 1cm in diameter," depending on which text is referenced, some authors state the cutoff between a macule and a patch as 0.5cm, not 1cm, while others state an entirely different measurement. Therefore, for this article, the 1cm cutoff is used which is discussed in Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (see references), a work considered by some dermatologists as an authority on this subject matter.

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