Retrospective Study on the Clinical Features of Ota's Nevus

Lee, Min Jae; Whang, Kyu Kwang; Myung, Ki Bum

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Ota's nevus is not an uncommon pigmenta y disorder in Asian people including Koreans.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical features of the patients and to determine the existince of any relevance between them.
METHODS
We arrid out a retrospective study with cialreviews and phone interviews or direct examinatior. for clinical features of the lesions in acesible patients.
RESULTS
The peak age of onset was at birth, pubertyed adolescence in decreasing order. The most frequen1,ly involved site was the eyelid, and the type I was the most common. Bluish black color was pie edorninant. The lesions which did not inili the eyelid or the lesions which developed after birtten were more likely to be light brown in cilc(p<0.05).
CONCLUSION
The clrical features of Otas nevus were revwed and analyzed statistically.