[Post-traumatic striate melanokeratosis in a Caucasian woman].
METHODS
A fair-skinned woman presented marked striate melanokeratosis in her left eye related to recurrent corneal erosion. The source of pigmentation was a conjunctival melanosis. The conjunctival melanosis responded to treatment with topical mitomycin, while the corneal pigmentation persisted.


CONCLUSIONS
Striate melanokeratosis is a condition described in dark-skinned patients who show a well-defined pigmentation of the limbal area, with only one case of striate melanokeratosis reported previously in a Caucasian person. The stimuli for this proliferation are corneal lesions or melanosis close to the limbus. Avoiding both stimuli are the main steps in its management.
Boto-de-Los-Bueis
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A
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. botobueis@telefonica.net
Díaz-Valle
D
D
Llorente-González
S
S
Pastora-Salvador
N
N
Patrón-Romero
M
M
Hernández-González
C
C
D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D005127:Eye Color; D005260:Female; D005469:Fluorometholone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000473:pathology*; D008548:Melanosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D012008:Recurrence; D044465:White People
D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D016685:Mitomycin; D005469:Fluorometholone