title: Giant lichenification of the scalp.
abstract: Lichenification is characterized clinically by thickening of areas of skin as a result of the itch-scratch cycle and therefore is seen in conditions associated with chronic pruritus. The characteristic feature of giant lichenification is the occurrence of tumour-like growths with a warty cribriform surface. We describe a renal transplant patient presenting with giant lichenification of the scalp following an attack of herpes zoster at the same site. Chronic pruritus following scalp dysaethesia secondary to herpes zoster was considered the most likely explanation for the occurrence of these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arseculeratne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Altmann
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Millard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wojnarowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009450:Neurodermatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000150:complications; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*