LICHEN-PLANUS IN A CHILD REQUIRING CIRCUMCISION

Lichen planus is a rare disorder in infants and children where it usua lly has the classical cutaneous pattern and only exceptionally involve s the mucosa and skin appendages, A 9-year-old boy was referred to our department with a 4-month history of erythematous keratotic papules o n the trunk and the upper and lower limbs. There were no signs of muco sal involvement, Subsequently white papules and striae, occasionally f orming a lace like pattern, appeared on the penis and prepuce which qu ickly led to phimosis necessitating circumcision. Histologic examinati on of skin biopsy specimens and genital mucosa fragments confirmed the clinical diagnosis of lichen planus.