title: [Two annular, atrophic plaques on the abdomen of a 35-year-old man].
abstract: A 35-year-old man presented with two annular, reddish-brown, atrophic skin lesions in the navel and on the right lower abdomen. The lesions had persisted for more than 4 years and had remained unchanged and asymptomatic. Histology revealed annular atrophic lichen planus with a lichenoid lymphocytic infiltration and cystoid bodies. The patient was treated with local corticosteroids without improvement.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dessau, Auenweg 38, 06847, Dessau-Roßlau, Deutschland. ioannis.karagiannidis@klinikum-dessau.de.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karagiannidis
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dessau, Auenweg 38, 06847, Dessau-Roßlau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dessau, Auenweg 38, 06847, Dessau-Roßlau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nikolakis
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dessau, Auenweg 38, 06847, Dessau-Roßlau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Zouboulis
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology*; D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents
keywords: Elastolysis; Histology; Lichen planus; Steroids; Tacrolimus