Generalized spinous follicular lichen nitidus with perifollicular granulomas

Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 May-Jun;30(3):e20-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01789.x. Epub 2012 Jul 8.

Abstract

The first report of spinous follicular lichen nitidus with perifollicular granulomas was by Madhok and Winkelmann in 1988. Since this report, a few cases of follicular or periappendageal lichen nitidus have been described, in a more localized form or without perifollicular granulomas. We describe a 5-year-old girl with the rare generalized spinous follicular variant of lichen nitidus with perifollicular granulomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Facial Dermatoses / pathology*
  • Female
  • Granuloma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lichen Nitidus / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology*