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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 (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.
The Q-switched 1064 nm Nd-YAG is an ideal choice to treat dermal pigment as in nevus of Ota and in darker skin types, as it reduces the risk of epidermal injury and pigmentary alterations. The pigment clearance can be expected to be near total, using multiple treatment sessions, each separated by a minimum of six weeks.
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
C. Calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe; Capillary hemangioma; Cephalic brain-like heterotopia; Cervical accessory tragus; Congenital absence of skin; Congenital auricular fistula
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Coming to this now, Mongolian blue spot as was the common name is going out of favour and, at least where I practice, there is a movement towards Slate grey naevus, but Congenital dermal melanocytosis is the more correct scientific name. My preference would be to keep this at a common name, and a brief Google search suggests the old term is ...