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A Mongolian spot, also known as slate grey nevus or congenital dermal melanocytosis, is a benign, flat, congenital birthmark with wavy borders and an irregular shape. In 1883, it was described and named after Mongolians by Erwin Bälz, a German anthropologist based in Japan, who erroneously believed it to be most prevalent among his Mongolian patients.
Blue nevi may be divided into the following types: [7]: 701 A patch blue nevus (also known as an "acquired dermal melanocytosis", and "dermal melanocyte hamartoma") is a cutaneous condition characterized by a diffusely gray-blue area that may have superimposed darker macules.
Nevus of Ota (congenital melanosis bulbi, melanosis bulborum and aberrant dermal melanocytosis, nevus fuscoceruleus ophthalmomaxillaris, oculodermal melanocytosis, oculomucodermal melanocytosis) Nevus spilus (speckled lentiginous nevus, zosteriform lentiginous nevus) Partial unilateral lentiginosis (segmental lentiginosis) Peutz–Jeghers syndrome
Congenital dermal melanocytosis; Congenital dermal sinus; Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis; Congenital hypertrophy of the lateral fold of the hallux; Congenital lip pit; Congenital malformations of the dermatoglyphs; Congenital non-progressive hemangioma; Congenital preauricular fistula; Congenital sinus of the lower lip
Melasma affects up to 33 percent of men and women. Read on to learn what causes the chronic skin condition and what you can do to keep it at bay.
Nevus (pl.: nevi) is a nonspecific medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic lesion of the skin or mucosa. [1] The term originates from nævus, which is Latin for "birthmark"; however, a nevus can be either congenital (present at birth) or acquired.
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