Mongolian Spot - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Katherine Puttgen, MD

Diagnosis

mongolian spot

Body Site

back buttock leg

Age

10 months

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

blue gray

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

central (centrifugal - trunk predominant) clothing covered areas

Comments

This healthy infant was evaluated for extensive pigmentation present since birth. The prognosis for extensive dermal melanocytosis, also known as Mongolian spots, is generally good, with regression occurring in the majority of cases during childhood. The infant is otherwise healthy and well, growing and developing normally.

Description

confluent blue gray macules and patches

Image Added

4/21/2008 22:12:33

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