A Clinical and Histopathologic Study of Lichen Striatus according to the Clinical Type and Age.
- Author:
Hye Min LEE
1
;
Kyung Eun JUNG
;
Hye Kyung LEE
;
Dae Won KOO
;
Joong Sun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Eulji University Hospital, School of Medicine, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea. sun_lee@eulji.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Histopathology;
Lichen striatus
- MeSH:
Adult;
Child;
Dermis;
Epidermis;
Exocytosis;
Extremities;
Humans;
Korea;
Lichens*;
Lymphocytes;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2014;52(9):622-630
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Lichen striatus is an uncommon, self-limiting, linear inflammatory disease occurring along the lines of Blaschko, mainly affecting children, and is diagnosed by clinical history and histopathological study of typical lesions. However, various aspects of the histopathologic findings have not yet been studied sufficiently. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and histopathologic characteristics of lichen striatus in Korea, according to age and clinical subtype. METHODS: This retrospective study on lichen striatus was performed at our center; clinical and histopathologic findings from 32 patients were evaluated. RESULTS: In all, 22 children and 10 adults were included. The lesions were predominantly distributed on the extremities (78.1%), including those that showed multiregional involvement. Twenty-four patients had erythematous papular lichen striatus (75%), and eight had hypopigmented macular type lesions (25%). All cases of hypopigmented macular subtypes had occurred in children. The histopathologic features of lichen striatus included basal vacuolar degeneration (93.3%), hyperkeratosis (83.3%), spongiosis (63.3%), and exocytosis of lymphocytes (63.3%) in the epidermis. Superficial and deep perivascular lymphocytic inflammatory infiltration (96.7%), lichenoid lymphohistiocytic infiltration (76.7%), and periappendageal involvement (53.3%) in the dermis were also observed. Papular lesions showed greater spongiosis, exocytosis, dyskeratosis, and vacuolar degeneration than hypopigmented lesions. Increased dyskeratosis and pigmentary incontinence as well as more severe lichenoid infiltration were observed in the adults. CONCLUSION: This study provides the first national data about the clinical and histopathologic characteristics of lichen striatus in adults and children. Some of the clinical and histopathologic characteristics differed according to the age group as well as clinical subtype.
