title: Lichen sclerosis et atrophicus with prominent telangiectasia.
abstract: Lichen sclerosis et atrophicus is characterized by the development of well demarcated, depigmented macules with epidermal atrophy. Hemorrhage occurs occasionally; however, telangiectasia is seldom remarkable. We studied a case of lichen sclerosis et atrophicus with striking telangiectasia which involved a 62-year-old male who was suffering from this disorder on his upper back. An initial lesion had been excised 15 years earlier. Thirteen years after the original surgery, he noticed a similar skin eruption accompanied by telangiectasia that had recurred around the surgical scar. We present here a detailed description of this case and provide a short review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Kagoshima University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanekura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanzaki
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications*