RT Book, Section
A1 Iqbal, Marvi
A1 Lu, Zhong
A2 Kelly, A. Paul
A2 Taylor, Susan C.
A2 Lim, Henry W.
A2 Serrano, Ana Maria Anido
SR Print(0)
ID 1161547519
T1 Nevus of Ito/Ota
T2 Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071805520
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161547519
RD 2024/04/24
AB KEY  POINTSNevus  of  Ota  is  a  dermal  melanocytic  hamartoma  that  is  unilaterally  distributed  along  the  first  and  second  branches  of  the  trigeminal  nerve.  It  presents  clinically  as  a  bluish  gray  hyperpigmentation  of  the  skin.Nevus  of  Ito  is  a  similar  melanocytic  condition,  but  the  distribution  is  along  the  shoulder.It  is  felt  that  these  melanocytic  disorders  represent  melanocytes  that  did  not  migrate  completely  from  the  neural  crest  to  the  epidermis  during  the  embryonic  period.Nevi  of  Ito  and  Ota  occur  more  frequently  in  skin  of  color  populations  from  Asia  and  are  rare  in  Caucasians.