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Descriptor English: Mongolian Spot
Descriptor Spanish: Mancha Mongólica
Descriptor mancha mongólica
Scope note: Nevo melanocítico benigno de color gris azulado a gris pardo que suele encontrarse en la REGIÓN LUMBOSACRA de personas de pigmentación oscura, en especial los de ascendencia del este asiático. Suele ser congénito, aparece poco después del nacimiento y desaparece en la infancia.Nevo melanocítico benigno de color gris azulado a gris pardo que suele localizarse en la REGIÓN LUMBOSACRA de personas de pigmentación oscura, en especial de ascendencia del este asiático. Suele ser congénito o aparece poco después del nacimiento y desaparece durante la niñez.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mancha Mongólica
Descriptor French: Tache mongoloïde
Entry term(s): Blue Spot, Mongolian
Mongolian Blue Spot
Spot, Mongolian
Tree number(s): C04.557.665.560.615.530
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049328
Scope note: A bluish-gray to gray-brown benign, melanocytic nevus found usually in the LUMBOSACRAL REGION of dark-skinned people, especially those of East Asian ancestry. It is usually congenital or appears shortly after birth, and disappears in childhood.
Annotation: coordinate IM with SKIN NEOPLASMS (IM) + site (IM or NIM) if relevant
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
BS blood supply
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nevus, Pigmented (1969-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
Related: Nevus, Blue MeSH
DeCS ID: 38607
Unique ID: D049328
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Mongolian Spot - Preferred
Concept UI M0464110
Scope note A bluish-gray to gray-brown benign, melanocytic nevus found usually in the LUMBOSACRAL REGION of dark-skinned people, especially those of East Asian ancestry. It is usually congenital or appears shortly after birth, and disappears in childhood.
Preferred term Mongolian Spot
Entry term(s) Blue Spot, Mongolian
Mongolian Blue Spot
Spot, Mongolian



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