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Vol. 98. Issue 1.
Pages 47-49 (January - February 2007)
Vol. 98. Issue 1.
Pages 47-49 (January - February 2007)
Case report
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Localized Pitiryasis Lichenoides
Pitiriasis Liquenoide Localizada
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A. Hernández-Martína,
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ahernandez_hnj@yahoo.es

Correspondence: Servicio de Dermatología. Hospital del Niño Jesús. Avda. Menéndez Pelayo, 65. 28009 Madrid. Spain.
, A. Torreloa, D. Vélezb, I. Colmenerob, A. Zambranoa
a Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
b Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

Pityriasis lichenoides is a papulosquamous disorder of unknown etiology frequently seen in the pediatric population. The lesions are usually widespread on the trunk and extremities, and only exceptional cases of localized forms have been reported. We report a 9-year-old patient with recurrent crops of PL lesions exclusively involving the lower abdomen.

Key words:
pityriasis lichenoides
localized distribution
regional form
Resumen

La pitiriasis liquenoide es una enfermedad papulodescamativa de etiología desconocida frecuente en la edad pediátrica. Las lesiones suelen distribuirse de manera difusa en el tronco y las extremidades, y sólo excepcionalmente se han descrito casos de afectación localizada en un área limitada del cuerpo. Presentamos el caso de un niño de 9 años con brotes recurrentes de pitiriasis liquenoide de localización exclusiva en la zona inferior del abdomen.

Palabras clave:
pitiriasis liquenoide
distribución localizada
forma regional
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Copyright © 2007. Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología and Elsevier España, S.L.
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