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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 62-64 |
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Linear lichen nitidus with onychodystrophy in a child
Vineet Relhan1, Jaspriya Sandhu1, Vijay Kumar Garg1, Nita Khurana2
1 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jaspriya Sandhu
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Maulana Azad Medical College New Delhi - 110 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_754_16
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Lichen nitidus is a common dermatosis described classically as shiny, skin-colored, nonfollicular, flat-topped papules. A number of variants have been described in literature including localized, generalized, actinic, vesicular, perforating, hemorrhagic, palmar/plantar, purpuric, and linear forms. Here, we report an unusual case of linear lichen nitidus in an 11-year-old boy mimicking lichen striatus along the left thumb with isolated nail involvement of the affected digit. Nail involvement in lichen nitidus is very rare; there are only seven cases of lichen nitidus associated nail changes reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case reported from India.
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