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Annular Lichen Planus - A Rare Variant of Lichen Planus

Suganya K .

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Lichen planus is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory disease that affects skin and mucous membranes. The term “Lichen planus” was coined by “Eramus Wilson”. Classical LP – Characterised by pruritic, purple, polygonal flat topped papules and plaques over extremities. Annular LP is a variant of Lichen planus that is uncommon in occurrence. It          commonly involves the male genitalia. Here we report a case of 60 year old female with multiple anular LP over                 extremities.

 Keywords : LP-Lichen Planus, ALP-Annular Lichen Planus, Extremities.

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