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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

lichen striatus

Body Site

leg thigh

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

linear

Color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

This asymptomatic linear plaque appeared over several months on the leg of a healthy 5 year old girl one year earlier. Her mother was bothered by the hypopigmentation that was most obvious with tanning of the normal surrounding skin over the summer.

Description

linear flat topped hypopigmented scaly papules forming a linear plaque

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions linear eruptions Blaschko lines

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11/23/2001 18:01:32

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