Melasma-like actinic lichen planus in a middle-aged Saudi male

Actinic lichen planus (LP) is a rare variant of the common papulosquamous disease LP. It occurs mainly on sun-exposed parts of the body and has a high incidence during spring and summer. We report a case of melasma-like presentation of actinic LP in a 52-year-old Saudi man not known to have any como...

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Autores principales: Alhajri, Abdulmohsen, AlNazer, Najat A., Aldawsari, Saleha A., Al Ameer, Mohammed A., Alsahaf, Hassan Ahmed A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505583
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1331_21
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author Alhajri, Abdulmohsen
AlNazer, Najat A.
Aldawsari, Saleha A.
Al Ameer, Mohammed A.
Alsahaf, Hassan Ahmed A.
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description Actinic lichen planus (LP) is a rare variant of the common papulosquamous disease LP. It occurs mainly on sun-exposed parts of the body and has a high incidence during spring and summer. We report a case of melasma-like presentation of actinic LP in a 52-year-old Saudi man not known to have any comorbidities, who presented with asymptomatic, hyperpigmented patches on the face.
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spelling pubmed-97310812022-12-09 Melasma-like actinic lichen planus in a middle-aged Saudi male Alhajri, Abdulmohsen AlNazer, Najat A. Aldawsari, Saleha A. Al Ameer, Mohammed A. Alsahaf, Hassan Ahmed A. J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Actinic lichen planus (LP) is a rare variant of the common papulosquamous disease LP. It occurs mainly on sun-exposed parts of the body and has a high incidence during spring and summer. We report a case of melasma-like presentation of actinic LP in a 52-year-old Saudi man not known to have any comorbidities, who presented with asymptomatic, hyperpigmented patches on the face. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-09 2022-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9731081/ /pubmed/36505583 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1331_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1331_21
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