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1: Clin Exp Dermatol. 2006 Jan;31(1):48-50.Click here to read Links

Keratosis lichenoides chronica: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

Wozniacka A, Schwartz RA, Omulecki A, Lesiak A, Sysa-Jedrzejowska A.

Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland. wozniacka@bmp.net.pl

A 45-year-old man presented with a 7-year history of keratosis lichenoides chronica (KLC), a mucocutaneous lichenoid disorder of keratinization with no known aetiology, without significant systemic associations. Our patient also had type I diabetes mellitus, mild hypertension and lipid abnormalities. The diagnosis and treatment of KLC is often challenging.

PMID: 16309480 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]