Bilateral type of nevus of Ota presenting as agminated lentigines.
We report a 30-year-old female patient with a history of hyperpigmented macules of the face since the age of 7 years. The clinical appearance, brown macules in multiple segmental or grouped patterns, was suggested to be agminated lentigines. However, histologic examination of the pigmented macule revealed scattered melanocytes within the dermis. We diagnosed this lesion as a bilateral type of nevus of Ota presenting as agminated lentigines. The differential diagnosis from acquired bilateral nevus of Ota-like macules was made.
Kang
Hee Young
HY
Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 5 Wonchon-dong, Paldal-ku, Suwon 442-721, Korea.
Kang
Won Hyoung
WH
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007911:Lentigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009507:Nevus of Ota / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*