"Mongolian Spot" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D049328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.665.560.615.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Mongolian Spot- Mongolian Spot
- Spot, Mongolian
- Mongolian Blue Spot
- Blue Spot, Mongolian
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