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Hypertrophic lichen planus – successful treatment with acitretin
Author(s) -
Alamri Ali,
Alsenaid Adel,
Ruzicka Thomas,
Wolf Ronald
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/dth.12337
Subject(s) - acitretin , medicine , dermatology , itching , basal cell , pathology , psoriasis
Lichen planus classifies into different subtypes according to morphology and location. Hypertrophic LP (HLP) manifests a great challenge due to persistent itching, the risk to develop into squamous cell carcinoma and therapeutic resistance. We report two clinical cases exemplary for the successful treatment of dramatic‐resistant HLP with acitretin.