Histologic features of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus in a surgical scar

Am J Dermatopathol. 1999 Aug;21(4):387-91. doi: 10.1097/00000372-199908000-00015.

Abstract

A 76-year-old woman presented with a 7-mm, hard, pink nodule at the site of an appendectomy scar of more than 70 years' duration. The clinical impression at the time of biopsy was that of a keloid. Surprisingly, light microscopic examination revealed classic histologic features of late-stage lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA) overlying a scar. Elastic tissue stain highlighted the unusual presence of abundant nodules of elastin in the reticular dermis only.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Appendectomy
  • Cicatrix / complications
  • Cicatrix / drug therapy
  • Cicatrix / pathology*
  • Elastic Tissue / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / drug therapy
  • Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / etiology
  • Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / pathology*
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Triamcinolone Acetonide / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Triamcinolone Acetonide