A Case of Child Onset Blaschkitis

  • KOJIMA Ayako
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
  • KATO Mayumi
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
  • MIYACHI Yoshiki
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
  • UTANI Atsushi
    Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University|Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 小児発症Ｂｌａｓｃｈｋｉｔｉｓの１例

Description

We report a nine-year-old girl who presented with a 3-month history of flat papules and erythemas on the inner side of the left lower limb. Physical examinations demonstrated flat papules, small erythemas, and irregularly shaped erythematous patches as a result of coalescence of the erythemas, forming a broad band along the Blaschko line. Histological examinations demonstrated moderate perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes and mild spongiosis and exocytosis in the epidermis. The lesions spontaneously healed one year after onset, leaving faint brown pigmentation. We diagnosed this patient as having pediatric onset blaschkitis. However, this disease entity has been controversial since its first report in 1990. The most serious problem is that blaschkitis cannot be distinguished from adult onset lichen striatus, a distinct subtype of classical lichen striatus. We consider that blaschkitis includes adult onset lichen striatus and would be differentiated from classic lichen striatus.

Journal

  • Hifu no kagaku

    Hifu no kagaku 9 (2), 147-150, 2010

    Meeting of Osaka Dermatological Association/Meeting of Keiji Dermatological Association

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1573387452763230592
  • NII Article ID
    130006892930
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • CiNii Articles

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