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

• Author(s): Raposo, I. ; Mota, F. ; Fernandes, I. ; Canelhas, Á. ; Selores, M.
• Date: 2018
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/2281
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António (ULSSA)
• Subject(s): blaschkitis; lichen striatus; BLAISE; blaschkolinear skin eruption
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico da Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António

Description

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.