Nevus of Ota is a congenital blue-gray color nevus afflicting unilaterally, the area near the eyes. It poses a huge cosmetic concern besides being a potential threat for developing melanoma sometime in the course of the disease. The treatment options are neither many nor promising besides they are too expensive. We have treated a case of nevus of Ota with leech therapy where leech was applied u...

In the differential diagnosis of midface masses, the nevus of Ota (also called oculodermal melanocytosis) is a rare entity. We present a case of a young white man, who lost his left eye function by progression of a melanocytotic lesion involving the ophthalmic (VI) and maxillary (VII) divisions of the trigeminal nerve. The time course, distribution along the trigeminal nerve, and characteristic...

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...

PURPOSE To report the development of a cavitary choroidal melanoma in a patient with nevus of Ota and describe its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features. PATIENT A 66-year-old man with right oculodermal melanocytosis and an ipsilateral choroidal cavitary melanoma was seen. Diagnosis was suspected on the clinical, ultrasonographic and MRI findings. RESULTS T1-weighted image showed a hype...

Nevus of Ota is a rare congenital hamartoma the dermal melanocytes causing blue-grey hyperpigmentation eye and adnexa. The condition usually unilateral but rarely it can be bilateral. A 28-year-old lady from West Bengal, India, visited Ophthalmology outpatient department with complaints blackish discoloration left side face periorbital region. On examination, large (5x6 cm) lesion was noted on ...