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I noticed this morning that My grand daughter has around 7 to 10 clusters of black spots on her body. They are not raised or itchy. What could that be? Is this something we should be concerned about?... Skin cancer?

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Dr. shyamala R.KOPP answered : 11 years ago

the black spots are surely of concern the size, colour changes have to be noted.if no changes and fades dont worry.avoid exposure to sun light . the spots could be due to bleeding and clotting in small blood vessels sometimes even bile pigments deposit and darken on exposure to sun

Dr. nischal krishnappa answered : 11 years ago

Hi lavina,
I need to know the age of your grand-daughter , well clusters of dark spots could be due to sun burn. or occasionally due to vasculitis(vascular infections). unlikely to be malignant melanoma-a variant of skin cancer.

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