Lichen Nitidus - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

lichen nitidus

Body Site

total body leg

Age

4 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

linear

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 4-year-old boy developed a slowly progressive asymptomatic papular eruption on his face and trunk a year earlier that spread to the extremities. In some areas, especially on the arms and legs, an isomorphic phenomenon was apparent.

Description

symmetric disseminated uniform 2 mm flat topped hypopigmented papules some in a linear organization typical of an isomorphic phenomenon

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1/20/2003 13:39:46

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