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Mongolian spot en · NOUN

Meanings

1. 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, Central Asians, Siberians, Polynesians, Native Americans and East Africans. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty.
   • Mongolian spots consist of embryonic pigment that has been left behind in the epidermal layer during fetal development.[…]Mongolian spots are a normal variation in children of African, Asian, or Latin descent. 2008, Margaret M. Andrews, “Chapter 3: Cultural Competence in the Health History and Physical Examination”, in Margaret M. Andrews, Joyceen S. Boyle, editors, Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care, page 51:
   • 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 of the skin. Mongolian spots occur mainly on the buttocks and lower back, and occasionally on the abdomen, thighs, and arms. They occur in 90 percent of Blacks, 80 percent of Orientals and Native Americans, and 9 percent of Whites. 1995, Theresa Overfield, Biological Variation in Health and Illness: Race, Age, and Sex Differences, page 13:
   • 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 Pediatrics, page 135, Mongolian spot is an unfortunate name for this common, benign skin discoloration. Present at birth, mongolian spots are blue-gray or blue-green and represent areas of dermal melanocytosis.

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Synonyms

congenital dermal melanocytosis (blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back) · Mongoloid spot (blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back) · dermal melanocytosis (blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back)

Translations (33)

de Hunnenfleck (congenital birthmark in lower back) · de kongenitale dermale Melanozytose (congenital birthmark in lower back) · kk періштенің шапалағы (congenital birthmark in lower back) · ca melanocitosi dèrmica congènita a la regió lumbar (congenital birthmark in lower back) · de Sakralfleck (congenital birthmark in lower back) · es mancha de los morenos (congenital birthmark in lower back) · kk көк таңба (congenital birthmark in lower back) · cmn 胎斑 (congenital birthmark in lower back) · ru монго́льское пятно́ (congenital birthmark in lower back) · it macchia mongolica (congenital birthmark in lower back) · de Steißfleck (congenital birthmark in lower back) · fr tache bleue mongolique (congenital birthmark in lower back) · fr tache mongoloïde (congenital birthmark in lower back) · ca taca mongòlica (congenital birthmark in lower back) · ca taca blava de Mongòlia (congenital birthmark in lower back) · mn хөх толбо (congenital birthmark in lower back) · fr tache pigmentaire congénitale (TPC) (congenital birthmark in lower back) · es melanocitosis dérmica congénita (congenital birthmark in lower back) · de Mongolenfleck (congenital birthmark in lower back) · cmn 蒙古斑 (congenital birthmark in lower back) · es callana (congenital birthmark in lower back) · ko 몽골반 (congenital birthmark in lower back) · nb asiaflekk (congenital birthmark in lower back) · ky Умай эненин колунун изи (congenital birthmark in lower back) · nl archipelvlek (congenital birthmark in lower back) · nb mongolsk flekk (congenital birthmark in lower back) · sv mongolfläck (congenital birthmark in lower back) · fr tache mongolique (congenital birthmark in lower back) · nb mongolflekk (congenital birthmark in lower back) · de Asiatenfleck (congenital birthmark in lower back) · fi mongoliläiskä (congenital birthmark in lower back) · hu mongol folt (congenital birthmark in lower back) · es mancha mongólica (congenital birthmark in lower back)