Lichen planus pigmetosus-like ashy dermatosis


Submitted: 21 July 2011
Accepted: 24 October 2011
Published: 6 December 2011
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Ashy dermatosis, also known as erythema dyschromicum perstans, is an idiopathic dermal melanosis of unknown etiology. We here describe an unusual case of 63-year-old Caucasian male with ashy dermatosis and skin lesion of lichen pigmentosus-like. No treatment was tried because the lesions were totally asymptomatic. After a control, three months later, all lesions had cleared up. This case is of interest because it proves the existence of ashy dermatosis with clinical aspect lichen planus pigmentosus-like. This is the first case in the literature of lichen planus pigmentosuslike ashy dermatosis confirming the view that ashy dermatosis is a variant of lichen planus without the typically band-like infiltrate and Max Joseph spaces.

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Tripodi Cutrì, F., Ruocco, E., Pettinato, G., & Ciancia, G. (2011). Lichen planus pigmetosus-like ashy dermatosis. Dermatology Reports, 3(3), e46. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e46

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