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Abdolrahimzadeh S, Pugi DM, Manni P, Iodice CM, Di Tizio F, Persechino F, Scuderi G. An update on ophthalmological perspectives in oculodermal melanocytosis (Nevus of Ota). Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2023; 261:291-301. [PMID: 35851619 PMCID: PMC9837000 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-022-05743-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To provide a review of the literature on oculodermal melanocytosis (ODM) with a focus on the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of multimodal imaging techniques in the management of ophthalmic complications. METHODS The authors carried out a literature search on PubMed, Medline, and Scopus of English language articles published on ODM through August 2021. This review presents traditional and novel diagnostic methods in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with particular emphasis on addressing the role of imaging in the management of the ophthalmic complications of the condition towards improving current practice patterns. RESULTS ODM is a rare, prevalently unilateral, congenital condition that presents with brown or blue/gray flat asymptomatic lesions of the skin, mucosae, episclera/sclera, and uvea localized within the territory of distribution of the ophthalmic and mandibular branches of the trigeminal nerve. Glaucoma and predisposition to uveal melanoma are the main ophthalmic complications. Diagnosis and management are through comprehensive opthalmological examination and traditional imaging methods such as ultrasonography and fluorescein/indocyanine green angiography as pigmentation of the fundus can conceal subtle retinal and choroidal alterations. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography and ultrasound biomicroscopy are used to evaluate the anterior segment and the ciliary body in the presence of glaucoma or melanoma of the anterior uveal tract. Fundus autofluorescence and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) alterations are of aid in the differential diagnosis between choroidal nevi and melanoma. Enhanced depth imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography offers outstanding in vivo evaluation of the dimensions and details of tumors or nevi and surrounding choroidal tissues and small choroidal melanomas may show distortions of the retinal and sub-retinal profile, presence of intra and sub-retinal fluid, abnormalities of the RPE, and compression of the choriocapillaris. CONCLUSIONS Novel multimodal imaging techniques are significant in the diagnosis and management of the ophthalmic complications of ODM. Fundus autofluorescence and enhanced depth spectral domain optical coherence tomography have adjunctive value in the detection of early-stage melanoma and differential diagnosis between nevi and melanoma. Awareness of current and emerging imaging techniques can propagate improved standardized definition and assessment of the complications of ODM.
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- Solmaz Abdolrahimzadeh
- Ophthalmology Unit, Mental Health, Neurosciences, and Sense Organs (NESMOS) Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy ,St. Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035/1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, Mental Health, Neurosciences, and Sense Organs (NESMOS) Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, Mental Health, Neurosciences, and Sense Organs (NESMOS) Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Department of Medical Surgical and Dental Sciences, Eye Clinic, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- St. Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035/1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, Mental Health, Neurosciences, and Sense Organs (NESMOS) Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy ,St. Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035/1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
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Sarker BKD, Malek MIA, Abdullahi S, Iftekhar S, Sakeb N, Mahatma M, Sarkar MK. Ophthalmic associations of oculodermal melanocytosis in a tertiary eye hospital in South Asia. Ther Adv Ophthalmol 2021; 13:2515841421993539. [PMID: 33644684 PMCID: PMC7890704 DOI: 10.1177/2515841421993539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Oculodermal melanocytosis (ODM), though rare, is associated with a number of sight-threatening complications including glaucoma. The purpose of this Case Series study was to determine the ophthalmic features in patients diagnosed with ODM. Here, we describe five patients presented with ODM, with the most common ocular features identified being hyperpigmentation of the conjunctiva, sclera and heterochromia iridis. Others included hyperpigmentation of trabecular meshwork, glaucoma, cataract, retinal detachment and ocular hypertension in one patient. As such, all patients with ODM should have a comprehensive ocular evaluation.
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- Bipul Kumer De Sarker
- Assistant Professor of Glaucoma, Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital, 47 Indira Road, Farmgate, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh
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- Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Nuñez Del Arco Serrano LA, Flores Enderica CG, Valencia Padilla CE. Case report: nevus of Ota and nevus of Ito associated with meningeal melanocytosis. Neurocirugia (Astur) 2019; 31:299-305. [PMID: 31780112 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucir.2019.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nevus of Ota and nevus of Ito are hyperpigmentary dermal melanocytoses which develop as a consequence of disturbances or failures during migration of melanocytes from the neural crest towards the epidermis; they have a relatively unknown aetiopathogenesis and may be congenital or acquired. CASE REPORT This case involves a male patient with a simultaneous diagnosis of nevus of Ota and nevus of Ito at birth. He attended the Neurosurgery department at Carlos Andrade Marín hospital (Quito) with sudden severe headache associated with left brachio-crural hemiparesis. PROGRESS Investigations revealed two extra-axial space-occupying lesions, one parasagittal at the right frontal and parietal lobes and the other located at the right temporal lobe pole. A surgical resection was planned for the parasagittal lesion and the histopathological diagnosis was meningeal melanocytosis. The temporal pole lesion was referred for treatment with Gamma Knife®. CONCLUSION Primary melanocytic neoplasms are extremely rare. There is evidence of their association with dermal melanocytosis and, in particular, with nevus of Ota. This highly unusual case describes the coexistence of two very rare dermal melanocytoses (nevus of Ota and nevus of Ito) and a primary melanocytic neoplasms in the same patient.
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- Especialidad Médica en Neurocirugía, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
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George C, Walsh S. Periocular rash. BMJ 2018; 363:k5098. [PMID: 30578243 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k5098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Plateroti AM, Plateroti R, Mollo R, Librando A, Contestabile MT, Fenicia V. Sturge-Weber Syndrome Associated with Monolateral Ocular Melanocytosis, Iris Mammillations, and Diffuse Choroidal Haemangioma. Case Rep Ophthalmol 2017; 8:375-384. [PMID: 28868033 PMCID: PMC5567108 DOI: 10.1159/000477612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with Sturge-Weber syndrome and ocular melanocytosis who presented with bilateral naevus flammeus of the face and hyperpigmentation of the right iris associated with ipsilateral iris mammillations. The patient had glaucoma and a diffuse choroidal haemangioma of the right eye. Optical coherence tomography of the anterior segment confirmed iris hyper-pigmentation and did not show abnormalities of the chamber angle structures. B-scan ultrasonography and enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography were performed and showed a marked difference in thickness and reflectance between the right and left choroid. Visual field examinations with perimetry showed early defects in the right eye. Peripapillary optical coherence imaging showed borderline values of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness reduction in the right eye. Sturge-Weber syndrome associated with ocular melanocytosis and iris mammillations is an extremely rare condition. This paper highlights the role of multi-imaging methods in the enhanced evaluation of rare diseases towards choosing the most appropriate management strategies and improving the follow-up of patients over time.
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- Andrea Maria Plateroti
- Ophthalmology Unit, DAI Head and Neck, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, DAI Head and Neck, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, DAI Head and Neck, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, DAI Head and Neck, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, St. Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, St. Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Oculocutaneous albinism, Menkes syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, neurofibromatosis type 1, dyskeratosis congenita, lentiginosis profusa syndrome, incontinentia pigmenti, and Waardenburg syndrome all are genodermatoses that have well established gene mutations affecting multiple biological pathways, including melanin synthesis, copper transport, cellular proliferation, telomerase function, apoptosis, and melanocyte biology. Onchocerciasis results from a systemic inflammatory response to a nematode infection. Hypomelanosis of Ito is caused by chromosomal mosaicism, which underlies its phenotypic heterogeneity. Incomplete migration of melanocytes to the epidermis and other organs is the underlying feature of nevus of Ota. Vogt-Koyangi-Harada and vitiligo have an autoimmune etiology; the former is associated with considerable multiorgan involvement, while the latter is predominantly skin-limited.
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- Syril Keena T Que
- Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 21 South Road, Farmington, CT 06032
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 21 South Road, Farmington, CT 06032
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 21 South Road, Farmington, CT 06032
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 21 South Road, Farmington, CT 06032.
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