Diseases

Mongolian Spot

A bluish-gray to gray-brown benign, melanocytic nevus found usually in the LUMBOSACRAL REGION of dark-skinned people, especially those of East Asian ancestry. It is usually congenital or appears shortly after birth, and disappears in childhood.

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A bluish-gray to gray-brown benign, melanocytic nevus found usually in the LUMBOSACRAL REGION of dark-skinned people, especially those of East Asian ancestry. It is usually congenital or appears shortly after birth, and disappears in childhood.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Mongolian Blue Spot
  • Blue Spot, Mongolian
  • Spot, Mongolian

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate IM with SKIN NEOPLASMS (IM) + site (IM or NIM) if relevant

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History Note

2005

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Previous Indexing

  • Nevus, Pigmented (1969-2004)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mongolian Spot. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049328. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049328
  2. Mongolian Spot. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_spot
  3. Mongolian Spot. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1072716