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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 136-138 |
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Lichen Planopilaris developing at the margins of a sebaceous nevus of jadassohn: Co-existence or etiologic association?
Alexander C Katoulis1, Despina Mortaki1, Dimitrios Sgouros1, Aikaterini I Liakou1, Evangelia Bozi1, Dimitra Koumaki1, Korina Tzima1, Ioannis Panayiotides2
1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, “Attikon” University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
2 Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, “Attikon” University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Correspondence Address:
Dimitrios Sgouros
2nd Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, “Attikon” University General Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, 12462 - Chaidari, Athens
Greece
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DOI: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_122_18
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Sebaceous nevus (SN), is a skin hamartoma, combining a variety of epidermal, follicular, sebaceous, and apocrine abnormalities. Although usually present at birth, it may become apparent later in life appearing as a yellowish-brown, verrucous plaque with alopecia. SN is implicated with secondary tumors arising on the hairless plaque during the adulthood. Lichen planopilaris is a common, primary lymphocytic scarring alopecia of unknown etiology, characterized by lichenoid/interface perifollicular lymphocytic infiltrate occurring at the level of the infundibulum and the isthmus. Here, we present a case of a 48-year-old Caucasian male with lichen planopilaris lesions developing at the periphery of a preexisting SN. Our case raises the question, whether the development of lichen planopilaris was coincidental, or is it indicative of an etiologic association between the lichen planopilaris and SN.
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