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INTRODUCTION

KEY POINTS

  • Pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC) is a lymphoproliferative papulosquamous condition with varying presentations.

  • In lighter skin, it tends to present with pink to red papules and macules with background erythema and variable scale.

  • In darker skin, presentation also includes scaly papules and macules but varies in color from violaceous and dark brown to hypopigmented. This often resolves with postinflammatory pigment alteration.

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FIGURE 5-1.

Fuschia-pink papules scattered on the mid to lower back, lacking scale and with significant background erythema. (From Usatine RP, Smith MA, Mayeaux EJ Jr, et al. The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2019, Figure 194-9. Reproduced with permission from Richard P. Usatine, MD.)

FIGURE 5-2.

Anterior thighs showing diffuse hyperpigmented and hypopigmented patches with overlying scale and background erythema. (Reproduced with permission from Prose NS, Kristal L. Weinberg’s Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2017, Figure 12-43.)

FIGURE 5-3.

Purple-brown papules and macules with diffuse overlying and background scale. (Reproduced with permission from Burgin S. Guidebook to Dermatologic Diagnosis. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2021, Figure 4-11C.)

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