title: Diffuse and bilateral lichen striatus.
abstract: A 5-year-old girl had a papulo-squamous dermatosis arranged in a Blaschko line pattern of 1 month's duration. The skin lesions were asymmetrically distributed bilaterally on the face, neck, trunk, and limbs. Histologically there was a lichenoid infiltrate with foci of spongiosis. The dermatosis cleared spontaneously with hypopigmentation 16 months later. Lichen striatus usually occurs in a solitary and unilateral fashion. Its diffuse and bilateral distribution is an uncommon presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aloi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Solaroli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pippione
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017512:Lichenoid Eruptions / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology