In reviewing the work on the generic hybrids between Platypoecilus maculatus and X iphophorus hellerii, one is confronted by evidence which seems to point to a definite correlation between melanotic conditions in the hybrid fishes and their characteristic color pattern. In some cases, normal and pathological hybrids occur together in the same brood, born and reared in the same aquarium. But it ...

Nevus of Ota (oculodermal melanosis) is a dermal melanocytic hamartoma with bluish hyperpigmentation along the first and second branches of the trigeminal nerve. Extracutaneous involvement, especially ocular, has been reported. A 45-year-old male presented with malignant melanoma of the left orbit in association with nevus of Ota. Being locally invasive, a modified exenteration with frontal fla...

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