Ocular findings in oculodermal melanocytosis.

We examined 194 patients with oculodermal melanocytosis. Dermal involvement alone was present in 67 (34.5%) patients, while 12 (6.

Glaucoma in oculodermal melanocytosis.

Oculodermal melanocytosis (ODM) is a developmental disorder of the embryonic neural crest involving virtually all of the structures of the eye derived from this tissue. The authors examined 194 previously unreported Thai patients with ODM. Elevated intraocular pressures (IOPs) developed in the ipsilateral eye of 15 patients at initial examination and in 5 others during follow-up, for a total of 10.