<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Keratosis lichenoides chronica represents a distinct entity, a rare disease of unknown etiology and pathogenesis, with clinical manifestations which, although typical, require extensive differential diagnosis. The course of the disease is chronic, progressive, and it is resistant to various treatment options, so despite variations in the clinical picture it is really easier to diagnose than to treat. This is a case report of a male patient in whom the diagnosis of keratosis lichenoides chronica was based on typical clinical picture, repeated biopsies and histopathological findings, course of the disease and poor response to any therapy.</p></abstract>

Keratosis lichenoides chronica represents a distinct entity, a rare disease of unknown etiology and pathogenesis, with clinical manifestations which, although typical, require extensive differential diagnosis. The course of the disease is chronic, progressive, and it is resistant to various treatment options, so despite variations in the clinical picture it is really easier to diagnose than to treat. This is a case report of a male patient in whom the diagnosis of keratosis lichenoides chronica was based on typical clinical picture, repeated biopsies and histopathological findings, course of the disease and poor response to any therapy.

Keratosis Lichenoides Chronica – a Case Report and Literature Review

Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Serbia

Clinic of Dermatovenereology Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology

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Hronična liheoidna keratoza – prikaz bolesnika iz sopstvene prakse i pregled literature

Keratosis lichenoides chronica represents a distinct entity, a rare disease of unknown etiology and pathogenesis, with clinical manifestations which, although...

Keratosis Lichenoides Chronica – a Case Report and Literature Review

Published Online: Apr 04, 2015

Page range: 120 - 137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjdv-2014-0011

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