Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports
ISSN 2766-7820
Clinical Image - Open Access, Volume 4
Nevus of ota: Clinical image
Salma Hassina*; Shaimaa Bardi; Mohammed Amine Krichen; Bassma Bekkar; Louai Serghini; Abdallah El Hassan; Amina Berraho
Ophthalmology B Department, Hospital of Specialties, Rabat, Morocco.
*Corresponding Author : Salma Hassina
Ophthalmology B Department, Hospital of Specialties, Rabat, Morocco.
Email: [email protected]
Received : Oct 23, 2023
Accepted : Dec 01, 2023
Published : Dec 08, 2023
Archived : www.jcimcr.org
Copyright : © Hassina S (2023).
Citation: Hassina S, Bardi S, Krichen MA, Bekkar B, Serghini L, et al. Nevus of ota: Clinical image. J Clin Images Med Case Rep. 2023; 4(12): 2727.
Description
We report the case of a 23-year-old patient, with no particular history, followed in our training for Nevus of Ota. Ophthalmological examination revealed visual acuity of 10/10 in the right eye, eye tone of 12 mmhg, palpebral hyperpigmentation, subconjunctival hyperpigmentation with a bluish appearance of the sclera and a hyperpigmented iris (Figures 1,2). Gonioscopic examination revealed a hyperpigmented iridocorneal angle. Fundus examination was unremarkable. Examination of the contralateral eye was normal. General examination revealed hyperpigmentation of the skin on the same side as the hyperpigmentation of the eye.
Nevus of Ota is a unilateral hyperpigmentation resulting from an excessive proliferation of melanocytes. It affects women more frequently than men, as in the case of our patient, and may be present from birth or appear later, particularly in adolescence. Annual fundus monitoring with dilation is essential and must be maintained for life because of the risk of developing malignant melanoma or chronic glaucoma [1].
