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Linear Lichen Planus Mimicking Creeping Eruption
Author(s) -
Taniguchi Yoshiki,
Minamikawa Mitsuyoshi,
Shimizu Masayuki,
Ando Katsuhiko,
Yamazaki Satoshi
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1993.tb03843.x
Subject(s) - lichen , dermatology , medicine , biopsy , pathology , biology , ecology
A 42‐year‐old woman was referred to our hospital with a linear eruption on her right flank of two months duration. Because she had eaten loach‐fish a month before she noticed the eruption, a creeping eruption due to Gnathostoma spp . was initially suspected, but the histological findings of the biopsy specimens showed typical features of lichen planus. Linear lichen planus is discussed based on the cases accumulated in the literature regarding the distribution of Blaschko lines.