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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.
A Mongolian blue spot (dermal melanocytosis) is a benign flat congenital birthmark with wavy borders and irregular shape, most common among East Asians and Turkic people (excluding Turks of Asia Minor), and named after Mongolians. It is also extremely prevalent among East Africans and Native Americans.
Almost 90% of Koreans, Manchurians(NE China nowadays), and Mongolians carry this birthmark and they last forever. The Chinese have a blue spot at birth which disappears usually after a few days however this is not the same hereditary birth mark as the Mongolian blue spot.
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Furthermore, mongolian spots, large birthmarks, and the consumption of food products with blue or purple dyes can also result in the bluish skin tissue discoloration and may be mistaken for cyanosis. [2] [3] Appropriate physical examination and history taking is a crucial part to diagnose cyanosis.
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Amelanotic blue nevus (hypomelanotic blue nevus) Becker's nevus; Balloon cell nevus; Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba syndrome; Becker's nevus (Becker's melanosis, Becker's pigmentary hamartoma, nevoid melanosis, pigmented hairy epidermal nevus) Benign melanocytic nevus (banal nevus, common acquired melanocytic nevus, mole, nevocellular nevus ...