%0 Journal Article
%T Lichen planus pigmetosus-like ashy dermatosis
%A Francesco Tripodi Cutr¨¬
%A Eleonora Ruocco
%A Guido Pettinato
%A Giuseppe Ciancia
%J Dermatology Reports
%D 2011
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/dr.2011.e46
%X Ashy dermatosis, also known as erythema dyschromicum perstans, is an idiopathic dermal melanosis of unknown etiology. We here describe an unusual case of 63-year-old Caucasian male with ashy dermatosis and skin lesion of lichen pigmentosus-like. No treatment was tried because the lesions were totally asymptomatic. After a control, three months later, all lesions had cleared up. This case is of interest because it proves the existence of ashy dermatosis with clinical aspect lichen planus pigmentosus-like. This is the first case in the literature of lichen planus pigmentosuslike ashy dermatosis confirming the view that ashy dermatosis is a variant of lichen planus without the typically band-like infiltrate and Max Joseph spaces.
%K lichen planus pigmentosus-like ashy dermatosis
%U http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/dr/article/view/3042