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Is Lichen Nitidus a Variety of Lichen Planus?
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“…Histopathological examination of 30 cases of lichen nitidus in our study revealed the following epidermal and dermal changes. 15 The most frequent epidermal changes observed in our study include focal disruption of the basal layer in 24 cases (80%) and flaky hyperkeratosis in 22 cases (73%), thinning of epidermis in 15 cases (50%). Dermal changes include the characteristic focal dermal inflammatory infiltrates in 83% cases, followed by perifollicular infiltrate in 13% cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 54%
“…Histopathological examination of 30 cases of lichen nitidus in our study revealed the following epidermal and dermal changes. 15 The most frequent epidermal changes observed in our study include focal disruption of the basal layer in 24 cases (80%) and flaky hyperkeratosis in 22 cases (73%), thinning of epidermis in 15 cases (50%). Dermal changes include the characteristic focal dermal inflammatory infiltrates in 83% cases, followed by perifollicular infiltrate in 13% cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 54%
“…This is supported by the frequent findings of lesions of lichen nitidus in patients with lichen planus (Civatte, 1911(Civatte, , 1927. Ellis & Hill (1938) found histological features of lichen nitidus in 7",, of patients with lichen planus. Wilson & Bett (1961) studied twenty-five patients with lichen planus in whom there were 'miliary' lesions resembling lichen nitidus clinically.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…The view that LN represents a variant of lichen planus has recently been supported by several authors because of similarities in the clinical and histological findings 4–6 . In addition, LN has never been previously reported to be caused by M. tuberculosis infection.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
