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Fadi Hajjaj, MD

Diagnosis

lichen planus

Body Site

hand

Age

24 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

purple

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 24-year-old Egyptian agricultural worker with a long history of sun exposure developed asymptomatic papules on the tops of his hands typical of lichen planus

Description

symmetric purple polygonal 0.5-1.0 cm papules

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions

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6/21/2004 23:06:07

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