PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 2 August 1976, pp. 218-222
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The Incidence of Birthmarks in the Neonate

Alvin H. Jacobs M.D., F.A.A.P.1 and Robert G. Walton M.D.1

1 Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

The presence of various types of birthmarks was determined in 1,058 newborn infants under 72 hours of age. Of these, 79.5% were white, 6.2% were black, 11.2% were ladinos, and 2.6% were Asiatic. Mongol spots were present in 9.6% of the white babies, 95.5% of the black babies, 81% of the Asiatic babies, and 70.1% of ladino infants. Pigmented lesions were present in 42 (4%) of the infants. Biopsies obtained in 34 (3.2%) revealed that only one-third (11) of these were melanocytic nevi. Salmon patches were present in 40.3% of the infants, recognizable early strawberry marks in 2.6%, and port-wine stains in 0.3%.

In addition to birthmarks, it was determined that 30.3% of the 508 babies examined at one of the two hospitals had toxic erythema of the newborn.

Submitted on October 1, 1975
Accepted on November 17, 1975




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