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Vitiligo associated with lichen planus. Is there a pathogenetic relationship?
J Rubisz-Brzezinska1, S A Büchner, P Itin
1Department of Dermatology, Slaska Akademia Medyczna, Katowice, Poland.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report the case of a 13-year-old boy with vitiligo who developed lichen planus involving both vitiliginous skin and normally pigmented skin. Biopsy of lichen planus surrounded by a depigmented halo revealed a dermal infiltrate composed of CD3 + T cells and macrophages. The association of these skin diseases may indicate a pathogenetic relationship.