IS LICHEN NITIDUS A VARIETY OF LICHEN PLANUS?
- 1 October 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 38 (4) , 569-573
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1938.01480160061006
Abstract
Haynes and Hellier1 recently reported a case of lichen planus associated with lichen planus hypertrophicus, lichen planus acuminatus (spinulosus) and lichen nitidus. Histologic examination of lesions of the last two diseases showed an infiltration characteristic of the last condition, consisting of epithelioid cells, lymphocytes and giant cells. The authors stated that the observation of these various associated lesions suggested "une parenté étroite" between lichen nitidus and lichen planus. We decry with Haynes2 the lack of agreement on the terminology of the variants of lichen planus. He called the acuminate lesion lichen verrucosus, but the latter never shows the histologic3 picture of lichen planus. Cases of associated lichen planus and lichen nitidus had been previously reported by Civatte,4 Rabut and Guex5 and Barber.6 Juliusberg7 discussed cases of a similar association. Pels8 published the report of an interesting case of miliary lichenThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: