[Ocular site of pigmentation in oculodermal melanocytosis]

Sixteen patients with oculodermal melanocytosis (Nevus of Ota, congenital ocular melanocytosis) were investigated for the location and the density of the ocular pigmentation, the increase in intraocular location and the malignant transformation. In all cases, conjunctivo-scleral dispersion pattern appeared as dispersed patches without any predominant site but a diffuse involvement of the angle. This finding points out that ODM may exhibit a characteristic dispersion pattern of pigmentation which is characteristic for ODM. For 14 patients intraocular pressures were < or = 18 mmHg, and for remaining 2 patients 21 and 22 mm Hg. Glaucomatous optic disc or perimetric changes were not found in any patient. In one case, a histologically verified ciliary-choroidal melanoma at a superior-temporal site co-existed at the same location as the ODM.