RT Book, Section
A1 Kraft, Robert
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Sabella, Camille
A2 Smith, Mindy Ann
A2 Mayeaux, E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
A2 Appachi, Elumalai
SR Print(0)
ID 1114876320
T1 Lichen Planus
T2 The Color Atlas of Pediatrics
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176701-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114876320
RD 2024/04/19
AB A  12-year-old  boy  presents  with  a  rash  on  his  wrists,  forearms  and  ankle  for  one  month  (Figure  138-1).  The  rash  itches  and  he  does  not  know  where  it  comes  from.  The  father  states  that  there  are  no  other  members  of  the  family  with  such  a  rash  now  or  in  the  past.  The  pediatrician  recognized  the  morphology  and  distribution  as  that  of  lichen  planus.  The  papules  and  plaques  on  the  wrist  were  pink  and  purple,  planar,  pruritic  and  polygonal.  The  pediatrician  looked  inside  the  mouth  and  the  mucosa  was  clear  with  no  Wickham’s  striae.  The  boy  was  started  on  a  mid-potency  topical  steroid  ointment  and  a  follow  up  appointment  was  scheduled.