Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid in the Nevus of Ota of a Black Patient
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 100 (10) , 1641-1643
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1982.01030040619013
Abstract
• To our knowledge, this report is the first description of an association of a choroidal melanoma in the nevus of Ota in a black patient. While white patients who have the nevus of Ota appear to be predisposed to the development of a malignant melanoma, this complication is rare in all nonwhite racial groups. Nevertheless, it should be realized that regardless of the patient's race, there is a greater than normal chance that a patient with the nevus of Ota might have a malignant melanoma develop within one of the affected tissues.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Melanocytic Tumors of Interest to the OphthalmologistOphthalmology, 1980
- Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid in the Nevus of OtaOphthalmologica, 1969