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Perforating Lichen Nitidus
Author(s) -
Bardach H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1981.tb00994.x
Subject(s) - perforation , lesion , dermatology , pathology , medicine , biopsy , epidermis (zoology) , skin biopsy , anatomy , materials science , punching , metallurgy
A skin biopsy from an 8‐year‐old boy with generalized lichen nitidus revealed a transepidermal perforating lesion never observed before in this disorder. A disturbance in dermo‐epidermal interaction with alterations of epidermal cell kinetics could explain this finding in a disease which, curiously, shows many histologic features conducive to transepidermal perforation. A clear distinction should be made between primary and secondary perforating dermatoses, since perforation per sc is a non‐specific cutaneous reaction pattern occurring in the course of many unrelated disorders.