Acrosyringeal lichen planus
Enhamre, A.; Lagerholm, B.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica 67(4): 346-350
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5555 PMID: 2445156 Document Number: 299156
Six patients with lichen planus or lichenoid toxicodermia are described. A dermal lymphocytic infiltrate in juxtaposition to the acrosyringium and liquefaction degeneration of the acrosyringeal basal cell layer were prominent findings. Three patients had no medication. In two there was an association with .beta.-adrenoceptor blocking drugs. The term acrosyringeal lichen planus is proposed for this histological picture and some explanations for its pathogenesis are suggested.