title: Incidence of Mongolian spots and its common sites at two university hospitals in Tehran, Iran.
abstract: A total of 2,305 consecutive newborns at Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran, and 1,706 at Lolagar Hospital, Tehran, Iran, were examined for 2 years (2004-2006). Mongolian spots were found in 11.4% and 37.3% of newborns at Shariati and Lolagar hospitals, respectively. The most frequent site of involvement is the sacral, followed by the gluteal area.
authors.affiliation: Children's Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and Department of Pediatrics, Lolagar Hospital, Tehran, Iran. mr_ashrafi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ashrafi Mahmoud
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Reza
authors.forename: Ganji Zadeh
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Farahnaz
authors.forename: Shajari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamideh
authors.forename: Seyed Ahmad Seyed
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Alinaghi
authors.forename: Zandieh
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Hosseini
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mostafa
mesh_terms: D002081:Buttocks; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D049328:Mongolian Spot / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*