A Case of Adult-onset Lichen Striatus / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Lichen striatus and linear lichen planus are rare disorders that can be confused because they share similar clinical and histopathologic findings. We report a case of lichen striatus on the left wrist and fingers in a 54-year-old woman, who was initially diagnosed with linear lichen planus. She had overlapping clinico-histopathologic features of both lichen striatus and linear lichen planus. To discriminate between the two disorders, careful histological and clinical evaluations are needed, especially when a lichen striatus-like eruption occurs in adults.