📚 noun • entry_id 56896
Mongolian spot
Meanings (ES + gloss)
callana • mancha de los morenos • mancha mongólica • melanocitosis dérmica congénita
A benign, flat, congenital, usually blue to blue-black birthmark on the lower back with wavy borders and irregular shape, prevalent among East Asians, South-East Asians, Polynesians, Native Americans, East Africans, and the Turkish people. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty.
2004, Adapted from Walter W. Tunnessen, Daniel P. Krowchuk, Chapter 46: Pediatric Dermatology, Michael Crocetti, Michael A. Barone, Frank A. Oski (editors), Oski's Essential Pediat…
Mongolian spots are produced by melanocyte leftovers that do not migrate into the epidermis; they remain deeper than usual in the lumbar-sacral region, resulting in blue coloration…
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