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Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion

Lichen sclerosus (LS) and morphea are two infrequent inflammatory dermatoses of unknown etiology. LS is characterized by, polygonal, bluish-white, slightly elevated papules that coalesce into plaques, which become increasingly atrophic overtime.it mostly affects genitals, however, it can affect any...

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Autores principales: Almuqati, Reema R, Hariri, Jehad, Abduljabbar, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489622
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12215
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description Lichen sclerosus (LS) and morphea are two infrequent inflammatory dermatoses of unknown etiology. LS is characterized by, polygonal, bluish-white, slightly elevated papules that coalesce into plaques, which become increasingly atrophic overtime.it mostly affects genitals, however, it can affect any site on the skin and mucosa. Morphea characterized by, erythematous to violaceous patches or plaque with a white, sclerotic center, and the outer edge of the lesions take on the characteristic violaceous ring. The overlapping clinical and histopathologic features of both LS and morphea in the same patient have led some to speculate that they may have a common pathologic link or that both conditions represent the same disease spectrum. The coexistence of LS and morphea in the same lesion is a rare finding. We present a patient, who was diagnosed with what appeared clinically to be extragenital LS, but with histopathologic features of both LS and morphea.
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spelling pubmed-78152592021-01-23 Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion Almuqati, Reema R Hariri, Jehad Abduljabbar, Mohammed Cureus Dermatology Lichen sclerosus (LS) and morphea are two infrequent inflammatory dermatoses of unknown etiology. LS is characterized by, polygonal, bluish-white, slightly elevated papules that coalesce into plaques, which become increasingly atrophic overtime.it mostly affects genitals, however, it can affect any site on the skin and mucosa. Morphea characterized by, erythematous to violaceous patches or plaque with a white, sclerotic center, and the outer edge of the lesions take on the characteristic violaceous ring. The overlapping clinical and histopathologic features of both LS and morphea in the same patient have led some to speculate that they may have a common pathologic link or that both conditions represent the same disease spectrum. The coexistence of LS and morphea in the same lesion is a rare finding. We present a patient, who was diagnosed with what appeared clinically to be extragenital LS, but with histopathologic features of both LS and morphea. Cureus 2020-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7815259/ /pubmed/33489622 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12215 Text en Copyright © 2020, Almuqati et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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 author and source are credited.
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Almuqati, Reema R
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Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion
title Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion
title_full Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion
title_fullStr Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion
title_full_unstemmed Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion
title_short Histopathological Coexistence of Extragenital Lichen Sclerosus and Morphea in a Single Lesion
title_sort histopathological coexistence of extragenital lichen sclerosus and morphea in a single lesion
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489622
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12215
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