mongolian spot
MONDO:0006582Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names mongolian spot yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A benign, flat, congenital birthmark, with wavy borders and an irregular shape. The color 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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006582), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: mongolian spot
- Also called
- blue sacral spotcongenital dermal melanocytosisMongolian macula