Histologic features of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus in a surgical scar

Authors
Allan, A Andersen, W Rosenbaum, M Bhawan, J
Citation
A. Allan et al., Histologic features of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus in a surgical scar, AM J DERMAT, 21(4), 1999, pp. 387-391
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
01931091 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
387 - 391
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-1091(199908)21:4<387:HFOLSE>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 76-year-old woman presented with a 7-mm, hard, pink nodule at the site of an appendectomy scar of more than 70 years' duration. The clinical impress ion at the time of biopsy was that of a keloid. Surprisingly, light microsc opic examination revealed classic histologic features of late-stage lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA) overlying a scar. Elastic tissue stain highli ghted the unusual presence of abundant nodules of elastin in the reticular dermis only.