Lichen nitidus (LN) is a rare, chronic, and usually asymptomatic inflammatory disease characterized by numerous small, well-defined, flesh-colored papules.1 The lesions tend to be localized, and most commonly affect the abdomen, chest, genitalia, flexor areas of the arms, or backs of the hands, but can become generalized in rare cases. As LN is usually asymptomatic and tends to resolve spontane...

Lichen nitidus (LN) is an uncommon chronic eruption of an unknown cause, and it is characterized by tiny, discrete, flesh-colored papules. The sites of predilection are the genitalia, trunk and extremities. Unilateral palmar involvement with pruritus is infrequent. We report here on a case of LN confined to the right palm, and the patient presented with multiple, pruritic, erythematous to flesh...

Lichen nitidus (LN) is a chronic inflammatory lichenoid dermatosis, commonly seen in childhood or early adulthood. In this case series, we studied the various dermoscopic features of LN and correlate them with clinical variants, duration disease histopathology. A total 20 patients were studied. The mean age was 25.7 years 45% 55% male female, respectively. median 6 months. findings on non-polar...