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Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus of the scalp
Author(s) -
FOULDS IAIN STEWART
Publication year - 1980
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1980.tb06591.x
Subject(s) - lichen sclerosus , scalp , vulva , medicine , trunk , dermatology , biology , ecology
SUMMARY A patient is described who developed pruritic lesions of the scalp with increasing hair loss and plaque formation over a period of 15 years, in association with patches if white atrophic skin on her trunk and vulva in the last 5 years. Biopsies of the scalp and trunk lesions both showed lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. This would appear to be the first recorded case of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus of the scalp in the English literature.