Incidence of Mongolian spots and its common sites at two university hospitals in Tehran, Iran.
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.
Reza
Ashrafi Mahmoud
AM
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
Farahnaz
Ganji Zadeh
GZ
Hamideh
Shajari
S
Alinaghi
Seyed Ahmad Seyed
SA
Saeed
Zandieh
Z
Mostafa
Hosseini
H
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*