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PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISEASES (I)

PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISEASES (I). Pityriasis rosea Lichen planus. PITYRIASIS ROSEA.

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PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISEASES (I)

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  1. PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISEASES (I) • Pityriasis rosea • Lichen planus

  2. PITYRIASIS ROSEA Acute exanthematous eruption with a distinctive morphology and self-limited course. First, a single (primary, or “ herald”) plaque lesion develops, usually on the trunk, and 1 or 2 weeks later a generalized eruption develops in a typical distribution pattern; the entire process remits spontaneously in 6 weeks.

  3. Epidemioloy and etiology • Age of onset: 10 to 43 years, but can occur rarely in infants and old persons. • Season: Spring and fall. • Etiology: Herpes virus type 7 is suspected.

  4. Skin lesions • Herald Patch: 80% of patients. • Exanthem: Usually confined to trunk and proximal aspects of the arms and legs. Fine scaling oval papules and plaques with marginal collarette. Rarely on face. • Atypical Pityriasis Rosea: The lesions may be present only on the face and neck. The primary plaque may be absent, may be the sole manifestation of the disease, or may be multiple. The vesicles may be present.

  5. Differential diagnosis: Drug eruptions( e.g., captopril, barbiturates), secondary syphilis, , guttate psoriasis, tinea corporis, erythema multiforme. • Course: Spontaneous remission in 6 to 12 weeks or less. Recurrences are uncommon. • Management: Mainly symptomatic. Oral antihistamines and/or topical antipruritic lotions, topical glucocorticoids, UVB phototherapy or natural sunlight, short course of systemic glucocorticoids.

  6. LICHEN PLANUS Lichen planus is an idiopathic, acute or chronic inflammatory dermatosis involving skin, hair, nails and / or mucous membranes, characterized by flat-topped, pink to violaceous, shiny, pruritic polygonal papules on the skin and milky white reticulated papules in the mouth. (Four P’s: papule, purple, polygonal, pruritic)

  7. Epidemiology and etiology • Age of onset: 30 to 60 years, females = males • Race: Hypertrophic LP more common in blacks, linear LP mor common in children. • Lichenoid tissue reaction !: Vacuolar alteration of the epidermal basal cells (interface dermatitis) + band-like infiltrate of primarily lymphocytes in the papillary dermis. • Etiology: Idiopathic in most cases but cell-mediated immunity (keratinocyte apoptosis) plays a major role. Drugs, metals (gold, mercury), or infection ( HCV ). • Exposure to a number of exogenous agents ( viruses, medications, contact allergens) • Hepatitis-associated LP: HCV (%1.6 -%20), HBV immunization, primary biliary cirrhosis • %0.4 - %5 (%1-2) of patients with oral - erosive or ulcerative - LP will develop oral SCC.

  8. History • Onset: acute days or insidious over weeks. • Duration: The natural history of LP is highly variable. Lesions may last months to years, many patients with cutaneous disease clear in the second year,mucous membrane disease is much more chronic. Recurrences are common. • Pruritus is often prominent! • Mucous membrane lesions are painful, especially when ulcerated.

  9. Physicalexamination • Skin lesions:Violaceous, shinypapules, withwhitelines ( Wickham’sstriae). Polygonalor oval lesions. Grouped, linear ( isomorphicphenomenon), anularordisseminatedscattereddiscretelesionswhengeneralized. Indark-skinnedindividuals, post-inflammatoryhyperpigmentation is common. • Clinicalvariants:Hypertrophic, follicular, vesicular, actinicus, ulcerative • Mucousmembranes: 40-60%, reticular, erosiveorulcerative • Genitalia:Papular, annularorerosive • Hairandnails:Scalp (scarringalopecia), nail ( pterygiumformation!, longitidunalridging, splitting, oncholysis, redlunula, idiopathicatrophy of thenails, yellow nail syndrome, twenty-nail dystrophy) • Nail involvement: %5-10. Especially in children, it can occur as an initialmanifestation!

  10. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis • Clinicalfindingsconfirmedbyhistopathology • Papular LP:Psoriasis, p.rosea, chroniccutaneouslupuserythematosus, eczema,lichenoid GVHD. • Hypertrophic LP:Psoriasis, lichensimplexchronicus,prurigonoularis, kaposi’ssarcoma. • Drug-induced LP: Beta-blockers, antimalarials, thiazidediuretics, furosemide, spironolactone, penicillamine, ACE inhibitors, cachannelblockers, NSAİD’s, sulfonylurea • Mucousmembranes:leukoplakia, candidiasis, hıv-associatedhairyleukoplakia, lupuserythematosus, bite trauma, mucouspatches of syphilis, pemfigusvulgaris.

  11. Course: Cutaneous LP usually persists for months, but in some cases, for years; oral LP often for decades. The incidence oral cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) is increased by 5%. Patients should be followed at regular intervals. • Differential diagnosis: Lichenoid drug eruptions, p.rosea, psoriasis, syphilis, PLEVA, lupus, in situ scc, lichen simplex chronicus, fixed drug eruption

  12. Management • Topical therapy: • Glucocorticoids (topical or intralesional) • Cyclosporine and Tacrolimus Solutions • Systemic therapy: • Cyclosporine • Glucocorticoids • Systemic retinoids ( Acitretin) • PUVA Photochemotherpy • Others: Mycophenolate mofetil, enoxaparin, azathioprine.

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