mongolian spot
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0006582
A benign, flat, congenital birthmark, with wavy borders and an irregular shape. The colour is caused by melanocytes, melanin-containing cells, that are usually located in the surface of the skin (the epidermis), but are in the deeper region (the dermis) in the location of the spot. [ Wikipedia:Mongolian_spot ]
Term info
- MESH:D049328 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C3945 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:40467008 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0265985 (NCIT:C3945)
- EFO:1000736 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:4702 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- Wikipedia:Mongolian_spot (EFO:1000736)
A benign, flat, congenital birthmark, with wavy borders and an irregular shape. The colour is caused by melanocytes, melanin-containing cells, that are usually located in the surface of the skin (the epidermis), but are in the deeper region (the dermis) in the location of the spot.
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4702, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0265985, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D049328, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/40467008, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3945
congenital dermal melanocytosis, Mongolian macula, blue sacral spot
MONDO:0006582