1/25. lichen nitidus of the palms: a case with peculiar histopathologic features.Palmar involvement in lichen nitidus is infrequent. In such cases, the histopathologic findings of palmar lesions are usually identical to those of extrapalmar ones. We report on the case of a patient with multiple tiny papules located on the palms and elbows. A biopsy specimen from the elbow showed the typical features of lichen nitidus, but a biopsy from the palm disclosed an inflammatory infiltrate mostly disposed around the bases of rete ridges and composed of lymphocytes and histiocytes with some giant cells both in the dermis and in the epidermis. This location of the infiltrate is similar to that found in hypertrophic lichen planus, a combination of lichen planus and lichen simplex chronicus. We conclude that this histopathologic feature in palmar lichen nitidus could be the result of the superimposition of lichen nitidus on normal palmar skin, resulting in a picture resembling hypertrophic lichen planus.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/25. Generalized lichen nitidus: case report and literature review.lichen nitidus is a rare condition of unknown cause, characterized by minute, flesh-colored, shiny papules occurring on the genitalia, abdomen, chest, and extremities. This disorder is most often localized, but a few cases of generalized lichen nitidus have been reported. We describe a young patient with a 1.5-year history of unremitting generalized lichen nitidus.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.75keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/25. Crohn's disease and lichen nitidus: a case report and comparison of common histopathologic features.We describe a 54-year-old black woman with Crohn's disease, who developed lichen nitidus, the third report of a patient with both diseases. The rarity of these diseases individually and the histopathologic features in common imply that the two diseases are linked. Multinucleated giant cells, a common finding in the lesions of Crohn's disease, are less common in the lesions of lichen nitidus. The presence of multinucleated giant cells in lichen nitidus in all three case reports is distinctly unusual. The infiltrates of Crohn's disease and lichen nitidus contain CD-68-positive macrophages. As such, the subset of lichen nitidus with giant cells should be recognized as a cutaneous manifestation of Crohn's disease.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.125keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/25. Generalized lichen nitidus.We report a 38-year-old man who presented with a generalized papular eruption that was clinically and histologically consistent with lichen nitidus. This patient's condition had been persistent for approximately 1 year; however, soon after assuming employment that entailed significant, regular sun exposure, the patient noted marked clearing of his lesions in sun-exposed areas. This case corroborates previous reports that suggest that generalized lichen nitidus can be successfully managed with ultraviolet light therapy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.75keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/25. Generalized lichen nitidus successfully treated with an antituberculous agent.We describe a Japanese girl with generalized lichen nitidus. She had been exposed to mycobacterium tuberculosis at 6 years of age via her teacher. At 8 years of age, she developed severe contact dermatitis on sun-exposed areas after contact with Japanese lacquer trees. Shortly after, numerous tiny, shiny, flesh-coloured papules developed over the upper part of her body. At 10 years of age, she was exposed to a school outbreak of M. tuberculosis. Her eruption showed no response to topical corticosteroids or oral tranilast, but most of the papules completely disappeared after she had received oral isoniazid for 6 months.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.625keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/25. Periappendageal lichen nitidus: report of a case.BACKGROUND: The histology of lichen nitidus has been described previously but a follicular variant has not been emphasized. METHOD: We report a case of lichen nitidus with periappendageal inflammation resulting in histologic similarities to lichen striatus. RESULTS: This case extends the spectrum of histologic findings in lichen nitidus and shows overlap in the distribution of the inflammatory infiltrate in lichen nitidus and lichen striatus.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.25keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/25. Purpuric generalized lichen nitidus: an unusual eruption simulating pigmented purpuric dermatosis.BACKGROUND: Generalized haemorrhagic lichen nitidus is rare. To our knowledge, this form of presentation has only been reported once. OBJECTIVE: To describe a new case of generalized haemorrhagic lichen nitidus simulating a pigmented purpuric dermatosis. methods AND RESULTS: We document a 24-year-old man who presented with an 8-month history of a progressive non-pruritic, red-brown papular eruption on the dorsa of the feet, ankles and distal third of the legs. A diagnosis of Schamberg's progressive pigmentary dermatosis was made, and no treatment was prescribed. Two months later, the lesions had extended to the abdomen, groins, forearms, elbows and wrists. biopsy of the skin of the right foot revealed lesions typical of lichen nitidus with subepidermal extravasation of red cells and capillary wall hyalinization. macrophages and T lymphocytes were abundant in the infiltrate. CONCLUSION: Purpuric generalized lichen nitidus should be included in the differential diagnosis of pigmented purpuric dermatoses.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/25. lichen nitidus treated with topical tacrolimus.A 32-year-old Philippino male presented to the clinic with a penile rash of 2 months duration. The rash was diagnosed as lichen nitidus and was successfully treated with the non-indicated therapy of Protopic 0.1% (tacrolimus) for 4 weeks.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.125keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/25. Generalized lichen nitidus.lichen nitidus is a rare chronic condition of unknown etiology. Generalized lichen nitidus is even rarer. We report here a 5-year-old girl who had multiple, asymptomatic, discrete, 1 to 2 mm flesh-colored, shiny, flat, papules on her face, upper limbs, and thighs with relative sparing of the trunk. Resolution of these papular lesions was followed by hyperpigmented macules in those areas. Histopathologic examination of a papular lesion revealed a localized granulomatous lymphohistiocytic infiltrate in an expanded dermal papilla with thinning of overlying epidermis and downward extension of the rete ridges at the lateral margin of the infiltrate, producing a typical "claw clutching a ball" picture, confirming our clinical diagnosis of lichen nitidus. The pigmented macules showed melanin pigmentation on histology. There was no response to oral astemizole treatment for 3 months. However, the lichen nitidus lesions resolved spontaneously without any further treatment over the next year, leaving behind a prominent pigmentary disturbance.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.875keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/25. Condyloma with lichen nitidus.A 32-year-old black man presented with two separate eruptions on his penis (Figure). He has had a 10-year history of asymptomatic 1-3 mm shiny papules on the shaft of his penis. He also has had one asymptomatic verrucous brown plaque 1.5 cm in diameter on his penis. A small shave biopsy was performed for each process. The former showed lymphocytes and histocytes in the papillary dermis in a "ball-in-claw" relation to the rete ridges of the epidermis. The latter showed an acanthotic epidermis with papillomatosis. Diagnoses of lichen nitidus and condyloma acuminata were respectively made. As the shiny papules did not bother the patient, but he wanted to be rid of the verrucous plaque, only the latter was treated. Liquid nitrogen was applied to the plaque. The patient was also given podofilox 0.5% gel to apply to the condyloma overnight on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with a 4-day respite. This cycle was to be repeated for 3 more weeks. He was examined several more times and treated with cryotherapy and podofilox gel with the near disappearance of the condyloma over 4 months.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.625keywords = lichen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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