{"id":2907,"date":"2026-01-29T17:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiki.dev.voka.io\/glossary\/macula\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:22:57","slug":"macula","status":"publish","type":"glossary_item","link":"https:\/\/wiki.dev.voka.io\/es\/glosario\/macula\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e1cula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Una m\u00e1cula (del lat\u00edn <em>macula<\/em> &#8211; mancha) es un elemento morfol\u00f3gico primario sin parches de una erupci\u00f3n cut\u00e1nea caracterizado por un cambio de color de la piel en una zona limitada. <\/p>\n\n<p>La principal caracter\u00edstica distintiva de la mancha es que no se eleva por encima del nivel de la piel sana y no est\u00e1 hundida (no es palpable). Si cierras los ojos y pasas el dedo sobre la mancha, no notar\u00e1s ning\u00fan cambio en el relieve de la piel. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x44D;&#x442;&#x438;&#x43E;&#x43B;&#x43E;&#x433;&#x438;&#x44F;-&#x438;-&#x43F;&#x430;&#x442;&#x43E;&#x444;&#x438;&#x437;&#x438;&#x43E;&#x43B;&#x43E;&#x433;&#x438;&#x44F;\"><strong>Etiolog\u00eda y fisiopatolog\u00eda<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>El cambio de color puede deberse a diversos mecanismos:  <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manchas vasculares:<\/strong> Asociadas a la dilataci\u00f3n temporal o persistente de los vasos sangu\u00edneos (ros\u00e9ola, eritema, telangiectasia). Desaparecen o palidecen al aplicar presi\u00f3n (diascopia).   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manchas hemorr\u00e1gicas:<\/strong> Se producen cuando los gl\u00f3bulos rojos escapan de los vasos a los tejidos (petequias, equimosis). No desaparecen al aplicar presi\u00f3n.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manchas de la edad:<\/strong> Se asocian a cambios en la cantidad de pigmento mel\u00e1nico. Pueden ser hiperpigmentadas (pecas, cloasma) o despigmentadas (vit\u00edligo). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-&#x43A;&#x43B;&#x438;&#x43D;&#x438;&#x447;&#x435;&#x441;&#x43A;&#x43E;&#x435;-&#x437;&#x43D;&#x430;&#x447;&#x435;&#x43D;&#x438;&#x435;\"><strong>Importancia cl\u00ednica<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>El tama\u00f1o de la mancha tiene implicaciones para la terminolog\u00eda: las manchas de hasta 1-2 cm de di\u00e1metro suelen llamarse ros\u00e9ola (si son vasculares) o simplemente m\u00e1culas; los focos m\u00e1s grandes se llaman eritema. 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