JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

Nevus of Ota, which originally was described by Ota and Tanino in 1939, is a hamartoma of dermal melanocytes. Clinically, nevus of Ota presents as a blue or gray patch on the face, which is congenital or acquired and is within the distribution of the ophthalmic and maxillary branches of the trigeminal nerve. The nevus can be unilateral or bilateral and in addition to skin, it may involve ocular and oral mucosal surfaces. We report a case of a 50 year old male patient presenting with pigmentation on right side of face and open angle glaucoma.

Keywords: Nevus of Ota, Open angle glaucoma