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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

Body Site

leg ankle foot

Age

10 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 10 year old girl developed asymptomatic clustered hypopigmented 2-4 mm papules on the lateral aspect of both ankles. A punch biopsy of one of the papules showed histologic changes typical of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.

Description

clustered hypopigmented 2-4 mm minimally scaly papules

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions hypopigmentation, depigmentation atrophy

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1/5/2002 23:18:34

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