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In the Mongolian language, it is known as хөх толбо, meaning 'blue spot'. Korean mythology explains the nevus as a bruise formed when Samshin halmi or Samsin Halmoni ( Korean : 삼신할머니 ), a shaman spirit to whom people pray around childbirth, slapped the baby's behind to hasten the baby to quickly get out from the mother's womb.
The Mongolian spot is a congenital developmental condition exclusively involving the skin. The blue colour is caused by melanocytes, melanin-containing cells, that are deep under the skin. [6] Usually, as multiple spots or one large patch, it covers one or more of the lumbosacral area (lower back), the buttocks, sides, and shoulders. [6]
Mongolian spot (congenital dermal melanocytosis, dermal melanocytosis) Mongolian spot; Mulberry molar; Nager acrofacial dysostosis; Nasal glioma (brain-like heterotopia, cephalic brain-like heterotopia, glial hamartoma, heterotopic neuroglial tissue, nasal cerebral heterotopia, nasal heterotopic brain tissue) Nasolacrimal duct cyst; Nevus ...
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.
Laxmi Thapa was arrested after her six-month-old son's birthmark's were mistaken for bruising.
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 ...
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The most common skin conditions were Mongolian spots, found in 66.7% of the newborns, and sebaceous gland hyperplasia, found in 60.9% of the newborns. The study classified sucking blister in the "miscellaneous cutaneous conditions." Sucking blister was found in 10/1000 newborns which is about 1% of the study population.