title: Bilateral naevus of Ota: a rare manifestation in a Caucasian.
abstract: The naevus of Ota (naevus fusculocoeruleus ophthalmomaxillaris) was first described by the Japanese dermatologist M. T. Ota in 1939. It has a reported incidence of 0.2% to 1% in the Japanese population. It usually occurs in the skin innervated by the first or second branch of the trigeminal nerve. The naevus comprises dermal melanocytes and is congenital or acquired during adolescence. Commonly associated lesions include scleral melanocytosis and other ocular manifestations as well as lesions of the tympanic membrane, oral and intranasal mucosa and leptomeninges. Diseases associated with Ota's naevus in rare cases are open-angle glaucomas and melanoma. The naevus of Ota in Europeans is a rare manifestation. We report the very rare case of a bilateral naevus of Ota associated with enoral melanocytosis in a white European person.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Benjamin Franklin, The Free University of Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 60-62, D-12200 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Assaf
authors.forename: ChC
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zouboulis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tebbe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009507:Nevus of Ota / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D044465:White People