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The structure of the cilia present in dermal melanocytes of 14 patients with naevus of Ota was examined by electron microscopy. Cilia and basal bodies were found in 10 and 9 lesions, and in 39 and 18 dermal melanocytes, respectively. In each case, 1–12 cells with a single cilium or multiple cilia were observed. In a total of 3 dermal melanocytes from 2 cases, two cilia per cell were observed. The cilia contained 7, 6, 5 and 4 pairs of doublet microtubules in the periphery and no central microtubule. Another pattern with several pairs of doublet microtubules in the periphery and one or two centrally located doublet microtubules were also observed. The latter were not bona fide central microtubules but one and two doublets, which seemed to be displaced to the centre from the periphery of the cilium.
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Received: 2 July 1997 / Accepted: 2 February 1998
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Masuda, T., Hakozaki, M., Oikawa, H. et al. Electron microscopic examination of oligocilia in naevus of Ota. Virchows Archiv 433, 85–88 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004280050220
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004280050220