Adult blaschkolinear acquired inflammatory skin eruption (BLAISE) with simultaneous features of lichen striatus and blaschkitis

Dermatol Online J. 2018 Jan 15;24(1):13030/qt6394z6nc.

Abstract

Blaschkitis and lichen striatus are generally distinguished in the literature by the age of onset, lesion distribution, and histopathology. However, there is currently no clear consensus among authors about whether to consider blaschkitis and lichen striatus different clinical entities or a spectrum ofthe same disease. We present a case of adult BLAISE with features of both lichen striatus and blaschkitis, which seems to support the theory that these clinical entities may in fact represent a spectrum of the same pathological process.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Lichenoid Eruptions / pathology*
  • Male
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*
  • Young Adult