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Diffuse and Bilateral Lichen Striatus
Author(s) -
Aloi F.,
Solaroli C.,
Pippione M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00424.x
Subject(s) - spongiosis , medicine , trunk , hypopigmentation , clearance , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , anatomy , pathology , surgery , biology , ecology , urology
A 5‐year‐old girl had a papulo‐squamous dermatosis arranged in a Blaschko line pattern of 1 month's duration. The skin lesions were asymmetrically distributed bilaterally on the face, neck, trunk, and limbs. Histologically there was a lichenoid infiltrate with foci of spongiosis. The dermatosis cleared spontaneously with hypopigmentation 16 months later. Lichen striatus usually occurs in a solitary and unilateral fashion. Its diffuse and bilateral distribution is an uncommon presentation.