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*Thinning of the suprapapillary plate. | *Thinning of the suprapapillary plate. | ||
**The epidermis between rete ridges is thinner than in the normal adjacent skin. | **The epidermis between rete ridges is thinner than in the normal adjacent skin. | ||
==Lichen striatus== | |||
===General=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid15283785>{{Cite journal | last1 = Taniguchi Abagge | first1 = K. | last2 = Parolin Marinoni | first2 = L. | last3 = Giraldi | first3 = S. | last4 = Carvalho | first4 = VO. | last5 = de Oliveira Santini | first5 = C. | last6 = Favre | first6 = H. | title = Lichen striatus: description of 89 cases in children. | journal = Pediatr Dermatol | volume = 21 | issue = 4 | pages = 440-3 | month = | year = | doi = 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21403.x | PMID = 15283785 }}</ref> | |||
*Benign, self-limited. | |||
Clinical: | |||
*Linear rash usu. on lower extremity. | |||
*Associated with atopy, [[lichen sclerosus]].<ref name=pmid15283785/> | |||
Clinical image: | |||
*[http://perridermatology.com/blog/2011/3/7/lichen-planus-lichen-striatus.html LS (perridermatology.com)]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*"Ball and glove" pattern: | |||
**Rete ridges (glove) surround nexts of lymphocytes (ball). | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.dermpathdiagnostics.com/dxref.asp?catid=25&id=57 Lichen striatus (dermpathdiagnostics.com)]. | |||
*[http://www.drmihm.com/cases/case.cfm?CaseID=42 Lichen striatus (drmihm.com)]. | |||
=DDx for pattern= | =DDx for pattern= | ||