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Generalized Spinous Follicular Lichen Nitidus with Perifollicular Granulomas

  1. Heather S. Summe M.S.1,
  2. Sheila M. Greenlaw M.D.2,
  3. April Deng M.D., Ph.D.3,
  4. Cynthia Magro M.D.4,
  5. Karen Wiss M.D.5

Article first published online: 8 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01789.x

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Pediatric Dermatology

Pediatric Dermatology

Volume 30, Issue 3, pages e20–e21, May/June 2013

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Summe, H. S., Greenlaw, S. M., Deng, A., Magro, C. and Wiss, K. (2013), Generalized Spinous Follicular Lichen Nitidus with Perifollicular Granulomas. Pediatric Dermatology, 30: e20–e21. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01789.x

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  1. 1

    University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

  2. 2

    Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, Massachusetts

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, Massachusetts

  4. 4

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York

  5. 5

    Division of Dermatology, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, Massachusetts

*Address correspondence to Karen Wiss, M.D., UMass Memorial Medical Center—Hahnemann Campus, 281 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA 01605, or e-mail: karen.wiss@umassmemorial.org.

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  1. Issue published online: 26 APR 2013
  2. Article first published online: 8 JUL 2012

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Abstract:  The first report of spinous follicular lichen nitidus with perifollicular granulomas was by Madhok and Winkelmann in 1988. Since this report, a few cases of follicular or periappendageal lichen nitidus have been described, in a more localized form or without perifollicular granulomas. We describe a 5-year-old girl with the rare generalized spinous follicular variant of lichen nitidus with perifollicular granulomas.

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