Publication: Hyperpigmented Macules in an Indian boy: is it EDP or LPP ? - A Case Report
Date
2023
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Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Erythema dyschromicum perstans (EDP) and Lichen planus pigmentosus (LPP) are both inflammatory disorders of pigmentation with unknown etiology and are difficult to differentiate clinically and histologicaly. There is no consensus on whether both entities are separate or belong to the same spectrum of cutaneous disorders. We present a 13 year old boy with mostly asymptomatic hyperpigmented lesions over body. The lesions were subsequently diagnosed as EDP after detailed examination and histopatholgical examination.
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Sameeksha Chand
Consultant Dermatologist, Graphic Era Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun - 248007, India.
Anuj Malhotra
Medical Officer, The Hans Foundation, Jharkhand, India
Keywords
Erythema dyschromicum perstans, Inverse EDP, LPP, LPP inversus.