Dermoscopy of lichen aureus

Lichen aureus (also called "lichen purpuricus") is an uncommon subtype of pigmented purpuric dermatosis. Clinically characterized by rust macules, papules or plaques, it is a chronic disease which more often affects young adults and is localized mainly on the lower extremities. The diagnos...

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Autores principales: Portela, Poliana Santin, Melo, Daniel Fernandes, Ormiga, Patricia, Oliveira, Felipe José da Cruz, de Freitas, Natália Carvalho, Bastos, Cesar Souza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23739706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962013000200013
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author Portela, Poliana Santin
Melo, Daniel Fernandes
Ormiga, Patricia
Oliveira, Felipe José da Cruz
de Freitas, Natália Carvalho
Bastos, Cesar Souza
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description Lichen aureus (also called "lichen purpuricus") is an uncommon subtype of pigmented purpuric dermatosis. Clinically characterized by rust macules, papules or plaques, it is a chronic disease which more often affects young adults and is localized mainly on the lower extremities. The diagnosis is made on the basis of clinical and histopathological features. Dermoscopy findings are useful to confirm clinical diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-37508912013-09-18 Dermoscopy of lichen aureus Portela, Poliana Santin Melo, Daniel Fernandes Ormiga, Patricia Oliveira, Felipe José da Cruz de Freitas, Natália Carvalho Bastos, Cesar Souza An Bras Dermatol Case Report Lichen aureus (also called "lichen purpuricus") is an uncommon subtype of pigmented purpuric dermatosis. Clinically characterized by rust macules, papules or plaques, it is a chronic disease which more often affects young adults and is localized mainly on the lower extremities. The diagnosis is made on the basis of clinical and histopathological features. Dermoscopy findings are useful to confirm clinical diagnosis. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3750891/ /pubmed/23739706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962013000200013 Text en ©2013 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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