Annular lichenoid dermatitis of youth – a further case in a 12‐year‐old girl
- 29 July 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
- Vol. 6 (8), 653-656
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06575.x
Abstract
Annular lichenoid dermatitis of youth was first described by Annessi et al. in 2003. Clinical criteria are persistent erythematous macules and annular lesions with a red-brown edge and a central hypopigmentation usually found on the flanks and groins of children and adolescents. Histologically, the disease is characterized by a lichenoid interface dermatitis with necrotic keratinocytes at the tip of the rete ridges. In our case a 12-year old girl developed annular red-brown macules with papules at the borders in an inframammary location. The histology of the lesion's border showed a lichenoid lymphocytic infiltrate with apoptotic keratinocytes at the tip of rete ridges. The lesions cleared with 0.03% tacrolimus ointment. Annular lichenoid dermatitis of youth is probably a new entity in the group of lichenoid dermatoses.Keywords
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