A Case of Generalized Lichen Nitidus.
- Author:
Kyung LEE
;
Doo Chan MOON
;
Kyung Sool KWON
;
Tae Ahn CHUNG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Generalized lichen nitidus;
Systemic corticosteroid
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Blood Cell Count;
Child;
Epidermis;
Genitalia;
Hand;
Histiocytes;
Humans;
Lichen Nitidus*;
Lichens*;
Liver Function Tests;
Lower Extremity;
Male;
Physical Examination;
Recurrence;
Skin;
Thorax;
Urinalysis
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1987;25(5):633-636
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 6-year-old boy presented in December 1986 with a 1-year history of a nonpruritic flesh-colored papular eruption that began on the dorsum of left hand and gradually appeared on other areas, such as upper and lower extremities, trunk and external genitalia. Complete blood cell count. urinalysis, VDRL, stool examination, liver function test and chest X-ray were negative or within normal limits. On physical examination, he had uniform, pinhead-sized, flat-topped, shiny, discrete paples on the whole body surface. No oral lesions were found. Histopathologically skin biopsy specimen showed a circumscribed nest of infiltrate consisted of lymphocvtes, histiocytes and a few epitheloid cells. The cell nest was separated from the overlying flattened epidermis by a large space. Direct immunofluorescent test was negative. He had been treated with systemic corticosteroid for two months without recurrence until nowadays.