Lichen Pilaris sen Spinulosus

Lichen Spinulosus

Lichen spinulosus in an alcoholic patient.

© 2009 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0600 Journal Compilation © 2009 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Sir, Lichen spinulosus (LS) is a rare and benign disorder, characterized by the development of patches of small follicular papules with a central horny spine (1). Diseases such as keratosis pilaris and pityriasis rubra pilaris occasionally present with lesions that resemble LS (1...

Case Report Circumscribed juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris

Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is an uncommon papulosquamous inflammatory dermatosis of unclear aetiology. Its most remarkable clinical findings are palmoplantar hyperkeratosis, orange-red scaling plaques and hyperkeratotic follicular papules. Its extension may vary from localised subtypes to generalised skin involvement with well-demarcated areas of spared skin ("islands of sparing") to erythr...

Photosensitive pityriasis rubra pilaris

Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is a rare, chronic papulosquamous skin disorder. The skin lesions rarely have a predilection to sun-exposed areas although it is known that natural sunlight and phototherapy can exacerbate PRP [1–4]. We present a case of a patient suffering from pityriasis rubra pilaris with photoexposed distribution and photosensitivity exclusively to UVB objectively detected by ...

Nilotinib-Induced Keratosis Pilaris

Nilotinib is a second-generation Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that is approved for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia expressing the Bcr-Abl mutation. Cutaneous adverse drug reactions occur more frequently in patients using this medication. We present a case of nilotinib-induced keratosis pilaris that did not have accompanying symptoms of alopecia or prurit...