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Generalized lichen nitidus successfully treated with an antituberculous agent
Author(s) -
Kubota Y.,
Kiryu H.,
Nakayama J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04700.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biology , dermatology
Summary We describe a Japanese girl with generalized lichen nitidus. She had been exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis at 6 years of age via her teacher. At 8 years of age, she developed severe contact dermatitis on sun‐exposed areas after contact with Japanese lacquer trees. Shortly after, numerous tiny, shiny, flesh‐coloured papules developed over the upper part of her body. At 10 years of age, she was exposed to a school outbreak of M. tuberculosis . Her eruption showed no response to topical corticosteroids or oral tranilast, but most of the papules completely disappeared after she had received oral isoniazid for 6 months.