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Bilateral squamous cell carcinoma arising from cutaneous ulcerative lichen planus of the extremities: two case reports Volume 28, numéro 3, May-June 2018

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1 Department of dermatology, allergology, Nancy University Hospital, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Bâtiment des Spécialités Médicales Philippe Canton, rue du Morvan, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
2 Department of Dermatology, Regional Hospital of Metz-Thionville, Legouest Hospital, 27 avenue de Plantières, 57070 Metz, France
3 Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University hospital of Nancy, Hôpital Central, 29 av du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54035 Nancy, France

Lichen planus (LP) is a common mucocutaneous inflammatory disease. Although oral LP has been classified as a potentially malignant disorder [1], cutaneous LP does not carry an increased risk of malignant degeneration [2]. We present the first two reported cases of bilateral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) complicated by cutaneous ulcerative LP of the extremities; palmar localisation in the first case and plantar localisation in the second.A 42-year-old man presented with palmar pruritic and bilateral [...]