[Post-traumatic striate melanokeratosis in a Caucasian woman]

Author(s): Boto-de-Los-Bueis A, Diaz-Valle D, Llorente-Gonzalez S, Pastora-Salvador N, Patron-Romero M, Hernandez-Gonzalez C

Affiliation(s): Servicio de Oftalmologia, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Espana. botobueis@telefonica.net

Publication date & source: 2009-04, Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol., 84(4):213-5.

Publication type: Case Reports; English Abstract

CLINICAL CASE: A fair-skinned woman presented marked striate melanokeratosis in her left eye related to recurrent corneal erosion. The source of pigmentation was a conjunctival melanosis. The conjunctival melanosis responded to treatment with topical mitomycin, while the corneal pigmentation persisted. DISCUSSION: Striate melanokeratosis is a condition described in dark-skinned patients who show a well-defined pigmentation of the limbal area, with only one case of striate melanokeratosis reported previously in a Caucasian person. The stimuli for this proliferation are corneal lesions or melanosis close to the limbus. Avoiding both stimuli are the main steps in its management.