Open AccessNekam's disease
Author(s) -
Chintaginjala Aruna,
D V S B Ramamurthy,
T Neelima,
Haritha Bandaru
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.193923
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , mucocutaneous zone , trunk , disease , seborrheic dermatitis , seborrhoeic dermatitis , asymptomatic , pathology , ecology , biology
Keratosis lichenoides chronica also known as Nekam's disease is a rare mucocutaneous disorder, characterized clinically by asymptomatic violaceous keratotic papules arranged in linear, reticular, or plaque form usually on the trunk and extremities and histologically by interface dermatitis. The disease is considered rare with only 128 cases being reported in the literature till date and very few from India. We report a case of a 40-year-old man who presented with constellation of features of lichen planus, seborrheic dermatitis, and apthous ulcers, which upon workup was found to be Nekam's disease.