|
Color/lesion |
Birthmark |
Location |
Other |
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Brown/macule or patch |
Cafe-au-lait macule |
Variable, trunk |
Can sometimes be associated with neurofibromatosis |
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Brown (<20 cm)/plaque |
Congenital melanocytic nevus |
Scalp, trunk |
Possible increased risk of melanoma |
|
Brown(>20 cm)/plaque |
Giant melanocytic nevus |
Trunk most common |
3-7% risk of melanoma, neurocutaneous melanosis |
|
Brown-flesh colored/plaque |
Epidermal nevus |
Variable, trunk and neck |
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Red/patch |
Port-wine stain |
Variable, face most common |
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Red/papule or plaque |
Hemangioma |
Variable, head and neck most common |
|
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Red-purple/plaque |
Lymphatic malformation |
Variable, trunk, proximal leg |
Often have a vesicular appearance |
|
Gray -blue/patch |
Mongolian spot (dermal melanosis) |
Buttocks, lower trunk |
Usually resolve spontaneously |
|
Gray-blue/patch |
Nevus of Ota |
Forehead and eyelids |
Ocular pigmentation |
|
Gray-blue/patch |
Nevus of Ito |
Posterior shoulder |
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Blue/nodule |
Dermoid cyst |
Scalp, face, neck |
May connect to CNS if midline |
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Blue-purple/nodule |
Cephalohematoma |
Scalp |
|
|
Blue-purple/plaque |
Venous malformation |
Variable |
Enlarge slowly over time |
|
Yellow-orange/plaque |
Nevus sebaceus |
Scalp, face, neck |
Basal cell carcinoma may arise with in lesion |
|
Yellow-orange/nodule |
Congenital juvenile xanthogranuloma |
Trunk |
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Yellow-brown/papule or nodule |
Mastocytoma |
Variable |
May become urticarial or blister |
|
Hypertrichosis (extra hair)/plaque |
Congenital melanocytic nevus |
Scalp, trunk |
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|
Hypertrichosis (extra hair)/tumor |
Plexiform neurofibroma |
Trunk most common |
Associated with neurofibromatosis |
|
Hypertrichosis (extra hair)/plaque |
Smooth muscle hamartoma |
Trunk |
|
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White/patch |
Nevus anemicus |
Variable |
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White/patch |
Nevus depigmentosis |
Variable |
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