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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul 13;2(2):e10.
doi: 10.4081/dr.2010.e10. eCollection 2010 Aug 31.

Actinic lichen nitidus

Travis W Blalock  1 , Swati Kannan  1 , Loretta S Davis  1
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Case Reports

Actinic lichen nitidus

Travis W Blalock et al. Dermatol Reports. .

Abstract

We present the case of a 29-year-old black female with an initial clinical and histopathologic diagnosis of actinic lichen nitidus. Three years later, she presented with scattered hyperpigmented macules with oval pink/violaceous plaques bilaterally on her forearms and on her neck, clinically consistent with actinic lichen planus. She was treated with topical steroids at each visit, with subsequent resolution of her lesions. In this report, we discuss the spectrum of actinic lichenoid dermatoses and of disease that presents even in the same patient.

Keywords: actinic lichen nitidus; actinic lichen planus.; lichenoid dermatitis.

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Figure 1
Low power magnification of lesion biopsied on initial presentation.
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Figure 2
High power magnification of lesion biopsied on initial presentation.
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Clinical presentation on follow-up visit.
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