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Image Number #3239 (Lichen planus actinicus)

Diagnosis: Lichen planus actinicus

Description: Brownish patches in photosensitive distribution.

Morphology: Hyperpigmentation

Site: Face

Sex: F

Age: 60

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany

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History: A 60-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic, cosmetically bothering, brown-blackish macules and patches involving the face and dorsal surface of hands (photo-exposed sites) of many months duration. Actinic Lichen planus may present clinically in different patterns, one of these patterns is lichen pigmentosus-like as in this case.

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