Examination of the melanocytes of the Nevus of Ota with in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy: 15 cases.

The Nevus of Ota (NO) is a bluish or greyish hyperpigmentation caused by an accumulation of dermal melanocytes that typically extend to the innervated parts of the ophthalmic and maxillary divisions of the trigeminal nerve, involving the facial skin, the uvea, the iris and the sclera (Figure 1). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.