Lichen Planus of Scalp

Erosive lichen planus of the scalp and hepatitis C infection.

When is lichen planus lichen planus.

T ERMATOSES of diverse etiology have been -I-~ reported to give rise to skin and mucous membrane lesions whose morphology, symptomatology, course, and microscopic picture cannot be distinguished from lichen planus. Drugs,1-6 vaccines,7 contact with chemicals,8-'3 and exposure to ultraviolet light and Grenz rays14 are prominent among the causative agents which have been observed to produce liche...

lichen planus

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Coexistence of nail lichen planus and lichen planus pigmentosus*

We describe a fifty-six-year old, Afro-descendent female patient showing dystrophy of her twenty nails and hyperchromic, asymptomatic macule on her face. Histopathological examination of the macule showed vacuolization of the basal layer, melanophages in the superficial dermis and lymphoplasmocytic inflammatory infiltrate. Nail biopsy revealed orthokeratotic hyperkeratosis and lichenoid inflamm...

Lichen planus

Lichen planus is a rare inflammatory disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes, nails, and hair. It is characterized by shiny, polygonal, itching papules which vary in size and location. In the Anglo-American literature, the clinical characteristics of lichen planus are known by the four p's – purple, polygonal, pruritic, papules.The etiology and pathogenesis of disease are not well under...