Ocular melanoma is an uncommon cancer. Age standardised incidence ranges from 0.4 to 1.2 cases per 100 000 within Europe and from 0.1 to 2.3 worldwide (figures from WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)). Only one report suggests any change over decades. However, incidence data from the USA show a decrease over the period 1973–89. The behaviour of intraocular melanoma varie...

We report a newborn in whom multiple small congenital melanocytic nevi (MN) were noted on the right side involving the scapular area, shoulder, upper arm and forearm. Such a limb distribution of small congenital MN has never been reported in the literature. Kuo-Inn Tsou Yau, MD, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 10016 (RO...