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Unilateral lichen striatus with bilateral onychodystrophy Volume 19, numéro 5, September-October 2009

Auteurs
Department of dermatology, Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle CA2 7HY, UK

Auteur(s) : Firas A Al-Niaimi, Neil H Cox Department of dermatology, Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle CA2 7HY, UK Lichen striatus (LS) is a linear dermatosis of unknown aetiology, first identified by Senear and Caro. Clinically it presents as scaly papules which may coalesce to form lengthy streaks [1, 2]. We present 2 cases of LS associated with bilateral onychodystrophy. A 9-year-old girl (patient 1) presented with a 3-month history of an asymptomatic linear dermatosis. Clinically [...]