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Laurence J. Underwood, M.D.; Eliot Wolk, M.D.; Max Popper, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1959;79(1):121-123.

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Linear Lichen Planus. Presented by DR. EDWARD L. MURPHY.

A 44-year-old white man presents a pruritic linear eruption, to 1 in. wide, extending from the sacrosciatic notch to the right heel. The lesion consists of discrete and confluent violaceous papules with a thin glistening scale.

It has been unchanged since inception, for approximately four months.

There are no other lesions.

Biopsy report has not yet been received.

Discussion

DR. WILLIAM B. REED: I suggest that this may be lichen striatus. The important thing for proper diagnosis is the biopsy. Lichen striatus by biopsy shows an eczematous picture.

DR. HAROLD C. FISHMAN: I would like to support Dr. Reed. I have never seen lichen planus come on like this in a linear fashion. This looks, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 1, 1958.

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