Late-onset nevus of Ota.
We report a patient with a type IB nevus of Ota whose lesion did not appear until she was thirty years old. To our knowledge, this represents the oldest age of a patient at clinical onset of nevus of Ota. The diagnosis, implications, and treatment of nevus of Ota are reviewed.
Whitmore
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Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Wilson
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Cooper
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009507:Nevus of Ota / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology