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  • Title: [Post-traumatic striate melanokeratosis in a Caucasian woman].
    Author: Boto-de-Los-Bueis A, Díaz-Valle D, Llorente-González S, Pastora-Salvador N, Patrón-Romero M, Hernández-González C.
    Journal: Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol; 2009 Apr; 84(4):213-5. PubMed ID: 19384762.
    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.
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