Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Mongolian spots; Congenital dermal melanocytosis; Dermal melanocytosis
Treatment
No treatment is necessary or recommended.
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
The spots often fade in a few years and are almost always gone by adolescence.
Complications
There are no complications.
Calling your health care provider
All birthmarks should be examined by a health care provider during the routine newborn examination.
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Mongolian blue spots Prevention
Review Date: 05/13/2011
Reviewed By: Kevin Berman, MD, PhD, Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Disease,
Atlanta, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
