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Calcinosis

Multiple hard, white or yellowish, subcutaneous nodules that may extrude chalky calcium material.

Comedomes

The primary lesions of acne, which can be open (blackheads) or closed (whiteheads), representing non-inflammatory follicular plugs.

Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis

A photosensitive disorder with multiple, small, annular, atrophic, brownish macules with a distinct keratotic rim, on the lower legs and forearms.

Eruptive xanthomas

Sudden crops of small, reddish-yellow papules with an erythematous halo, often on extensor surfaces, due to very high triglycerides.

Granuloma annulare

A generalized form can present with hundreds of small, skin-colored or erythematous papules without surface scale.

Lichen planus

Presents as a generalized eruption of pruritic, purple, polygonal, planar papules and plaques.

Milia

Multiple tiny, white, firm, pearl-like superficial keratin cysts, often seen on the face.

Molluscum contagiousum

A viral infection causing multiple, discrete, skin-colored, dome-shaped papules with a characteristic central umbilication or depression.

Neurofibroma

A key feature of neurofibromatosis type 1 is the presence of multiple soft, skin-colored, 'button-hole' like papules and nodules.

Nodular prurigo

Multiple intensely itchy, firm, excoriated nodules that arise from chronic scratching, typically on the extensor surfaces of the limbs.

Papular mucinosis

A condition with a widespread eruption of small, waxy, skin-colored papules due to dermal mucin deposition, often in a linear arrangement.

Plane warts

Verruca plana are multiple, small, skin-colored or pink, flat-topped papules, common on the face and backs of hands.

Sarcoidosis

Can present as crops of multiple small, reddish-brown or violaceous, translucent-appearing papules, often on the face.

Sebaceous gland hyperplasia

Multiple small, yellowish, umbilicated papules on the face, representing enlarged oil glands.

Seborrhoiec keratoses

Multiple benign, waxy, hyperpigmented, 'stuck-on' papules and plaques with a verrucous surface, common in older individuals.

Skin tags

Multiple soft, fleshy, pedunculated (on a stalk), skin-colored papules, common on the neck, axillae, and groin.

Steatocystoma multiplex

A genetic condition with numerous, small, skin-colored or yellowish, cystic papules on the chest, axillae, and face, which contain an oily fluid.

Syringomas

Benign sweat duct tumors presenting as multiple, small, skin-colored or yellowish, flat-topped papules, classically on the lower eyelids.

Xanthelasma

Soft, yellowish, velvety papules and plaques on the eyelids, which are a specific type of xanthoma.

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