Dermatitis, Atopic, Lichenification - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

dermatitis, atopic lichenification

Body Site

hand finger

Age

3 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

A healthy toddler with atopic dermatitis under relatively good control had chronic patches and plaques on her forehead, scalp, neck, and the tops of her hands and feet. She continued with lubricants, topical nontseroidal antiinflammatory agents, and topical steroids to areas below the neck.

Description

lichenified hyperpigmented plaques

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3/24/2004 8:00:43

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