title: Birthmarks and congenital skin lesions in Chinese newborns.
abstract: The presence of various types of birthmarks was determined in 3,345 Chinese infants under 48 hours of age. Mongolian spots were present in 86.3% of the studied infants. Vascular lesions included salmon patch (22.6%), port-wine stain (0.4%), and strawberry marks (0.7%). Nevocellular nevi (1%), sebaceous nevi (0.1%), and café au lait spots (0.4%) were also found. The following non-birthmark skin changes were observed: erythema toxicum neonatorum (33.7%), preauricular tags (1.3%), preauricular pits (2.5%) and a hyperpigmented scrotum (31.3%; in 1,727 male infants), which was related to the presence of mongolian spots.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan R.O.C.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000151:congenital* / Q000208:ethnology; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000151:congenital* / Q000208:ethnology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000208:ethnology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000208:ethnology; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology