Lichen Striatus, Nail Dystrophy - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

lichen striatus nail dystrophy

Body Site

finger hand arm

Age

4 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

linear

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

A 4 year old girl developed a linear plaque comprised of 1-2 mm hypopigmented papules following the lines of Blaschko. The plaque extended to the thumb nail which developed lichen planuslike dystrophic changes. The plaque and nail dystrophy were not symptomatic.

Description

confluent hypopigmented 1-2 mm flat topped papules forming a linear plaque and nail dystrophy

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11/7/2002 21:47:37

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