Cutaneous malignant melanoma and oculodermal melanocytosis (nevus of Ota): Report of a case and review of the literature - 09/09/11
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A 29-year-old white man, with oculodermal melanocytosis, had a rapidly enlarging, erythematous, painful nodule over his left brow, within the nevus. The lesion was excised and diagnosed as a malignant melanoma. Systemic evaluation showed no evidence of distant disease. This is the tenth case reported of a cutaneous melanoma developing in a nevus of Ota. Melanoma arising in the choroid, brain, orbit, iris, ciliary body, or optic nerve in association with a nevus of Ota is well documented. Careful observation is necessary in patients with a nevus of Ota, particularly in white patients, in whom malignant degeneration seems to occur with a disproportionate frequency. (J Am Acad Dermatol 1998;38:862-5.)
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Vol 38 - N° 5S
P. 862-865 - mai 1998 Retour au numéro
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