By Heather Brannon, MD, About.com
Updated: December 25, 2007
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An elevated, solid, superficial lesion more than .5 cm in diameter. A plaque differs from a nodule in it's height. A plaque tends to be flat over the whole surface and a nodule is rounded.
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