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STATISTICS OF NEVI IN 3‐YEAR‐OLD JAPANESE CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Kikuchi Ichiro
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1984.tb01469.x
Subject(s) - spots , buttocks , forehead , dermatology , medicine , pathology , anatomy
A total of 1319 3‐year‐old Japanese children were examined for nevi. Moles (small nevocellular nevi) were found in 40% of those examined; blue nevi could not be found at this age. Common Mongolian spots (Mongolian spots over the back and buttocks) were found in 94.8% and aberrant Mongolian spots (Mongolian spots appearing in other areas) in 4.4%. Brown Mongolian spots, a phenomenon appearing in some of those in the disappearing phase of Mongolian spots, appeared in 15.8%. Salmon patches on the eyelids and forehead had disappeared by age 3, but some regressing strawberry marks could be observed at this age.