From the monthly archives: June 2012
There’s an entity that we call a Becker nevus — essentially, it presents as a dark patch with can be hairy and tends to be on the upper chest or trunk but often extends to the neck, shoulders and arms. It usually happens in boys/men and crops up before puberty. So what to do with [...]
And so the story goes that a stork carried the baby by the nape of its neck and left him/her on the doorstep.
Well, there’s a medical explanation for the “stork bite.” Many babies are born with a reddish, pinkish, or bluish red patch at the nape of the neck — because of the location [...]
