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[Isolated ocular melanosis. Apropos of a case]
1Service d'Ophtalmologie du Pr G. Renard, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris.
Journal Francais D'Ophtalmologie
|October 6, 1998
Abstract:
A case of an eighteen month child with ocular melanocytosis is reported. The authors describe clinicopathological features of the affection. Ocular melanocytosis is a neural crest disorder more frequently found in pigmented populations. Differential diagnosis are naevus of Ota, blue sclera disease and scleritis. The risk of malignant degeneration especially in caucasian people explain that patient should be followed-up at regular intervals.