Ipsilateral Nevi of Ota and Ito with multiple blue nevi: A case report

Abstract

A 36-year-old female presented with brown patches on the left face, shoulder and chest for over 10 years. Dermatological examination showed a bluish-grey patch sized 11×5 cm around the left eye and brown patch on the sclera of the left eye. Demarcated bluish macules without scales and ulcers were seen on the left shoulder, upper limb and chest. Histopathological changes included well-defined masses of melanocytes and oval or spindle melanocytes in the dermis of sample from the left chest, scattered infiltrates of pigment-rich melanocytes paralleled to the epidermis of the sample from the left shoulder.Diagnosis: ipsilateral Nevi of Ota and Ito with multiple blue nevi. The blue nevi on the left chest wall and the nevus of Ito on the left shoulder were surgically removed. No recurrence occurred during one-year follow-up. The patient refused the treatment for nevus of Ota on the face.

Keywords

• nevus of ota
• nevus of ito
• multiple blue nevus