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Objective To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of established genital and extragenital lichen sclerosus(LS)and compare the differences between them. Method The clinicopathological data of 55 patients with established genital and extragenital LS diagnosed by pathological examination in the Department of Dermatology of Beijing Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Results The 55 patients included 11 males and 44 females.Among them,38,15,and 2 patients had genital lesions,extragenital lesions,and both genital and extragenital lesions,respectively.Extragenital LS mainly involved the back(14.55%)and extremities(7.27%).Among the patients,28.30% were asymptomatic,and 73.58% and 24.53% felt itchy and painful,respectively.The asymptomatic patients had a higher proportion in extragenital cases(
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Female , Humans , Male , Darier Disease , Extremities , Genitalia , Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus/epidemiology , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
El Liquen esclero atrófico es una enfermedad inflamatoria crónica de la piel que afecta la epidermis y la dermis, la causa es desconocida, aunque se considera que la génesis es multifactorial. Los principales factores con los que se ha relacionado, incluyen los genéticos, inmunológicos, infecciosos, traumáticos y hormonales. Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 24 años de edad con diagnóstico de Liquen esclero atrófico extra genital, con antecedentes de asma bronquial desde la infancia, hace 5 años presenta múltiples lesiones en placas acrómicas, de aspecto nacarado, algunas atróficas en su región central, asintomáticas(AU)
Atrophic Lichen Sclerosus is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that affects the epidermis and dermis, the cause is unknown, although the genesis is considered to be multifactorial. The main associated factors have been genetic, immunological, infectious, traumatic and hormonal. A case of a 24-year-old male patient is presented here. He has a diagnosis of extra-genital atrophic lichen sclerosus, with a history of bronchial asthma since infancy. For 5 years, this patient has multiple lesions on acrylic plaques, pearly in appearance, some atrophic in the central region, asymptomatic(AU)
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Humans , Male , Adult , Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus/therapy , Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus/epidemiology , Scleroderma, Diffuse/etiologyABSTRACT
Se actualizaron algunos aspectos del liquen escleroso y atrófico (LEA) y se presentaron los resultados del estudio clínico-epidemiológico de 12 pacientes con LEA extragenital. Todos los casos revisados pertenecían a la raza blanca y la mayor incidencia se encontró en mujeres mayores de 40 años. La localización de las lesiones fue más frecuente en el tórax