What finding does a nurse look for when assessing the skin of an older adult with solar lentigo?

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Irregular, flat, deeply pigmented macules on sun-exposed areas is a description of solar lentigo. Yellowish, thin papules with a central depression is a description of sebaceous hyperplasia. Pigmented, raised, wartlike lesions on the face or trunk is a description of seborrheic keratosis. Small, soft, pigmented tags of skin on the face and neck is a description of acrochordon (skin tags).

What Finding Does a Nurse Look for When Assessing the Skin