Disseminated Extragenital Bullous Lichen Sclerosus

Overview

Journal Indian Dermatol Online J

Specialty Dermatology

Date 2014 Mar 12

PMID 24616861

Citations 1

Authors

Tu-Van T Trinh

Karina Parr

David F Butler

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Abstract

Lichen sclerosus commonly affects the genitalia of post-menopausal women. We describe a woman with painful, disseminated, bullous, extragenital lichen sclerosus that responded to oral acitretin and topical calcitriol and triamcinolone.

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