Abstract:Eccrine squamous syringometaplasia (ESS) has been associated with several conditions including morphea, linear scleroderma, and burns. It is yet to be reported in lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA). We describe a bullous LSA plaque on the forearm of a woman with pre-existing genital LSA and vitiligo. Besides the histopathological findings of bullous LSA, numerous small irregular squamoid structures were present in the mid and upper dermis always above the normal eccrine glands. The histopathology, periodic a… Show more
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