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Marcas de nacimiento pigmentadas - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Nevo congénito; Lunar; Nevo sebáceo; Manchas de color café con leche; Nevos; Nevo piloso

Definición:

Es una marca de la piel presente al nacer. Las marcas de nacimiento abarcan las manchas de color café con leche, los lunares y las manchas mongólicas.

Ver también: marcas de nacimiento rojas

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Las manchas de color café con leche se pueden presentar en personas con el trastorno genético neurofibromatosis.

Casi toda persona tiene lunares, los cuales generalmente aparecen después de nacer.

Las manchas mongólicas comúnmente se observan en poblaciones de piel oscura.

Manchas mongólicas

Capas de la piel

Reviewed last on: 10/8/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Habif TP. Premalignant and malignant nonmelanoma skin tumors. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 21.

Morelli JG. Diseases of the neonate. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 646.

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