Benign lichenoid keratosis: an off-center fold case

Ashley Hamstra; Michael Messina; Abel Torres

doi:10.4081/dr.2011.e25

Benign lichenoid keratosis: an off-center fold case

https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e25

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)

Submitted: 11 August 2011
Accepted: 11 August 2011

Published: 19 October 2011

benign lichenoid keratosis, melanoma, dermoscopy

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Ashley Hamstra
hayashley@gmail.com
Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA, United States.
Michael Messina Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA, United States.
Abel Torres Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA, United States.

This off-center fold case depicts the difficult differential diagnosis for benign lichenoid keratosis. It is challenging to diagnosis this benign lesion through clinical exam, dermscopy, and even dermatopathology. Given its similar appearance to regressed melanoma, it is important to be cognizant of both and up to date on the dermatopathology clues.

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Hamstra, A., Messina, M., & Torres, A. (2011). Benign lichenoid keratosis: an off-center fold case. Dermatology Reports, 3(2), e25. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e25