Lichen Aureus: An Unusual Histopathological Presentation: A Case Report and a Review of Literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aung, Phyu P ^a   J Burns, Stacey ^b   Bhawan, Jag ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b South Shore Skin Center   (United States)

Author keywords

lichen aureus; lichen striatus; pigmented purpuric dermatoses

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

BACK; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LICHEN AUREUS; LICHEN STRIATUS; LICHENOID; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PAPILLARY DERMAL EDEMA; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN EDEMA;

CHILD; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE;

EID: 84893766151     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31828b4428     Document Type: Review

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