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Case Reports
. 2021 May;48(5):669-673.
doi: 10.1111/cup.13948. Epub 2021 Jan 18.

Lichen aureus with pseudolymphomatous infiltrate

Isabel Kolm  1 , Caroline Buset  1   2 , Ursula Flury  3 , Daniel Nosek  4 , Dmitry V Kazakov  5 , Werner Kempf  1   6
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Case Reports

Lichen aureus with pseudolymphomatous infiltrate

Isabel Kolm et al. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 May.
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Abstract

Lichen aureus is a variant of pigmented purpuric dermatoses. The usual histopathology of lichen aureus is characterized by a subepidermal dense, band-like lymphocytic infiltrate, extravasated erythrocytes, and hemosiderin deposits. We report three patients with lichen aureus on the extremities with similar clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings characterized by a dense band-like relatively deep dermal infiltrate accompanied by extravasation of erythrocytes and hemosiderin deposits occasioning a resemblance to a lymphoproliferative disorder.

Keywords: lichen aureus; mycosis fungoides; pigmented purpuric dermatosis; pseudolymphoma.

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