Violini V, Romanello A, Samper A

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 60-64
PDF size: 347.79 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is a chronic and relapsing skin disease, responsible of destructive potential scarring and functional disabilities. This is a descriptive, retrospective, observational and longitudinal study of 10 patients recruited in our institute between 2014 and 2016. We observed that both female and male patients were affected and it occurs most frequently in adults. This assumption is not significantly different from others previous studies. However, our interest is about the great variance in clinical presentation.

REFERENCES

1. Fistarol SK, Itin PH. Diagnosis and treatment of lichen sclerosus an update. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2013; 14: 27-47.

2. Bergstrom KG, Mengden SJ, Kamino H, Ramsayn D. Extragenital lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Dermatology Online Journal. 208; 14(5): 23.

3. Shiba Y, Ono K, Akiyama M, Fujimoto N, Tajima S. Increase of elastic fibers in lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 2014; 42: 646-649.

4. Elder DE. Lever’s histopathology of the skin. 10o edition. 2017. pp. 303-306.

5. Lacarrubba F, Pellacani G, Verzí AE, Pippione M, Micali G. Extragenital lichen sclerosus: clinical, dermoscopic, confocal microscopy and histologic correlations. J Am Academy of Dermatology. 2015; 72 (1): S50-S52.

6. Fitzpatrick. Dermatología en medicina general. 8o edición. Tomo II, 1600-1612.

7. Kim GW, Park HJ, Kim HS, Kim SH, Ko HC, Kim BS et al. Topical tacrolimus ointment for the treatment of lichen sclerosus, comparing genital and extragenital involvement. J Dermatol. 2012; 39 (2): 145-150.