Reimagining the Terms Mongolian Spot and Sign

The term “Mongolian Spot” rather than the preferred descriptive name congenital dermal melanocytosis (CDM) continues to be used despite compelling objections to the contrary. Terms that stigmatize a culture, region, people, country, communities, and ethnic group should be replaced by their more desc...

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Autores principales: Yale, Steven, Tekiner, Halil, Yale, Eileen S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8752411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036226
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20396
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description The term “Mongolian Spot” rather than the preferred descriptive name congenital dermal melanocytosis (CDM) continues to be used despite compelling objections to the contrary. Terms that stigmatize a culture, region, people, country, communities, and ethnic group should be replaced by their more descriptive counterparts. Herein, we clarify terminology, discuss the historical significance, and provide a recommendation about naming this disease.
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spelling pubmed-87524112022-01-14 Reimagining the Terms Mongolian Spot and Sign Yale, Steven Tekiner, Halil Yale, Eileen S Cureus Dermatology The term “Mongolian Spot” rather than the preferred descriptive name congenital dermal melanocytosis (CDM) continues to be used despite compelling objections to the contrary. Terms that stigmatize a culture, region, people, country, communities, and ethnic group should be replaced by their more descriptive counterparts. Herein, we clarify terminology, discuss the historical significance, and provide a recommendation about naming this disease. Cureus 2021-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8752411/ /pubmed/35036226 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20396 Text en Copyright © 2021, Yale et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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