9 results on '"Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis"'
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2. Extragenital lichen sclerosus: a comprehensive review of clinical features and treatment.
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Burshtein A, Burshtein J, and Rekhtman S
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- Humans, Chronic Disease, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus therapy, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus complications, Dermatitis complications
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Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease commonly affecting the anogenital area with less frequent extragenital occurrence. Extragenital LS cutaneous manifestations vary and precipitating factors are not well described. Recent evidence for etiology and clinical associations of extragenital LS provide insight into disease recognition and pathogenesis. Novel diagnostic techniques as well as treatment standardization have the potential to improve management of this rare condition. This review details both past and new insights into the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and treatment options of extragenital LS., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
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- 2023
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3. [Morphea or localized scleroderma and extragenital lichen sclerosus].
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Moinzadeh P, Kreuter A, Krieg T, and Hunzelmann N
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- Administration, Cutaneous, Adult, Child, Humans, Quality of Life, Skin, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus therapy, Scleroderma, Localized diagnosis, Scleroderma, Localized therapy
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Localized scleroderma (LoS) is a very heterogeneous connective tissue disease characterized by progressive sclerosis of the skin with possible involvement of extracutaneous structures. Both children and adults can be affected but show different frequencies for the individual subtypes of the disease. The clinical heterogeneity has already caused several modifications of existing classification criteria. Patients suffering from LoS can essentially be subdivided into five different subsets, which are defined by the horizontal and vertical extent of the tissue involvement. The quality of life of these patients is significantly impaired depending on the extent of the cutaneous and subcutaneous involvement. A causal treatment does not yet exist; however, patients should be treated with the currently available medications for progressive subtypes during the early phase of inflammation to reduce or avoid severe, cosmetic and functional impairments. Lichen sclerosus (LS) usually affects the genital as well as extragenital skin and both children and adults can be affected. This article focuses on the extragenital LS, which occurs more frequently in adults. The cause of the disease as well as causal treatment strategies are still lacking. Currently, treatment is adapted to the therapeutic strategies for LoS.
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- 2018
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4. [Lichen sclerosus : Symptoms, diagnosis, therapeutic procedures].
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Kirtschig G
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- Adolescent, Adrenal Cortex Hormones therapeutic use, Adult, Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Biopsy, Calcineurin Inhibitors therapeutic use, Child, Chronic Disease, Diagnosis, Differential, Early Diagnosis, Early Medical Intervention, Female, Genital Diseases, Female diagnosis, Genital Diseases, Female pathology, Genital Diseases, Female therapy, Genital Diseases, Male diagnosis, Genital Diseases, Male pathology, Genital Diseases, Male therapy, Humans, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus pathology, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus therapy, Male, Patient Education as Topic, Risk Factors, Skin pathology, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis
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Lichen sclerosus is a chronic, inflammatory dermatosis that usually affects the anogenital area. Early diagnosis and subsequent long-term anti-inflammatory treatment may reduce symptoms and signs and the risk of a mutilating course and the development of carcinomas.
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- 2018
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5. Genital lichen sclerosus in childhood and adolescence-a retrospective case series of 15 patients: early diagnosis is crucial to avoid long-term sequelae.
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Nerantzoulis I, Grigoriadis T, and Michala L
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- Adolescent, Adrenal Cortex Hormones therapeutic use, Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Child, Child, Preschool, Early Diagnosis, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus drug therapy, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus pathology, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus surgery, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus drug therapy, Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus pathology, Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus surgery, Young Adult, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis, Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus diagnosis
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Lichen sclerosus is a chronic skin disease, mainly localised at the introitus and perineum. When the condition remains untreated, gradual atrophy of skin structures leads to permanent scarring, making early diagnosis and treatment crucial. We reviewed all patients diagnosed with lichen sclerosus presenting to a tertiary referral centre for paediatric and adolescent gynaecology between January 2011 and December 2015 to assess disease presentation and response to treatment. We identified 15 cases, with a mean age at diagnosis of 8.8 years. Their main presenting symptoms were vulvar pruritus and vulvar soreness. Seven girls had already atrophic changes, and in four girls, this amounted to clitoral phimosis, labial resorption or labial adhesion formation. The median delay in diagnosis was 7 months. Thirteen patients received local treatment with potent corticosteroids, responding well to treatment. However, 4 girls relapsed within 2 to 36 months. Two adolescents required surgical treatment, one because of urinary retention and the second because of dyspareunia caused by clitoral entrapment., Conclusions: There was a delay in diagnosis in most patients and this resulted in irreversible genital skin changes, which would have been preventable, had treatment been instituted promptly. The response to treatment with local corticosteroids was usually effective, leading to both symptom alleviation and prevention of disease progression. Atrophic changes and skin complications however were not reversed. What is Known: • Lichen sclerosus affects women of all ages, including girls, particularly prior to adolescence. • Lichen sclerosus responds well to local corticosteroid treatment. What is New: • In the majority of patients with lichen sclerosus there was a long delay between onset of symptoms and diagnosis. • Nearly half of the children diagnosed with lichen sclerosus had irreversible atrophic genital skin changes at the time of first presentation. These changes may have been prevented by a timely diagnosis and intervention.
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- 2017
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6. [Giant condyloma of the penis with malignant transformation associated with lichen sclerosus et atrophicus].
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Wessendorf U, Bruch-Gerharz D, Braunstein S, Braunstein R, Schulte KW, and Reifenberger J
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- Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male, Condylomata Acuminata complications, Condylomata Acuminata diagnosis, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus complications, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis, Penile Neoplasms complications, Penile Neoplasms diagnosis, Precancerous Conditions diagnosis
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A 72-year old patient presented with a 6 months history of a rapidly growing tumor of the glans and foreskin. He had a long history of phimosis with lichen sclerosus et atrophicus-like lesions on the foreskin which had not been treated. The rest of the personal, family and sexual history was unremarkable. Treatment consists of circumcision and tumor excision. Histopathology confirmed a squamous cell carcinoma within a giant condyloma with a concomitant lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. CT- and ultrasound scans showed no metastases. Giant condylomas are a rare sexually transmitted disease usually caused by human papilloma virus subtypes 6, 11, but also by 16 and 18 among others. They are expansive, cauliflower-like destructive lesions that most frequently affect the anogenital region. In about 30 percent a giant condyloma progresses into a squamous cell carcinoma. Therapy of choice is the histopathologically controlled excision. Recurrences are often seen, so the patients should be monitored frequently after therapy.
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- 2009
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7. [Lichen sclerosus. New aspects of pathogenesis and treatment].
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Marini A, Blecken S, Ruzicka T, and Hengge UR
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- Calcineurin Inhibitors, Humans, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus immunology, Male, Women, Adrenal Cortex Hormones therapeutic use, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus drug therapy
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Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects women in the 5th decade. Although lichen sclerosus most often affects the anogenital region, it may occur in other cutaneous or mucosal sites. Increased fibroblast activity causes cutaneous sclerosis. Recent studies have identified lichen sclerosus as an autoantibody-mediated chronic inflammatory dermatosis. Autoantibodies against the extracellular matrix protein-1 are present in up to 80% of affected patients. In addition to the well-accepted therapy with potent corticosteroids, promising results have been obtained using calcineurin antagonists in the treatment of lichen sclerosus. Interdisciplinary management with regular monitoring can improve the clinical manifestations and quality of life.
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- 2005
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8. [Vulvar lichen sclerosus. The importance of early clinical and histological diagnosis].
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Regauer S, Liegl B, Reich O, Pickel H, and Beham-Schmid C
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- Adult, Biopsy, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell etiology, Child, Female, Humans, Risk Factors, Skin pathology, Time Factors, Vulva pathology, Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus etiology, Vulvar Neoplasms etiology, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus complications, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus pathology, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus therapy, Vulvar Diseases complications, Vulvar Diseases diagnosis, Vulvar Diseases pathology, Vulvar Diseases therapy
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Vulvar lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic progressive skin disease of unclear etiology. It is often overlooked in early stages, but progresses to destructive atrophy and is associated with an increased risk of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma. The classical symptoms are pruritus and pain, but they are often not distinctive, so that unclear vulvar problems often lead to a biopsy. The histological picture of early LS is quite different from that of late LS with an atrophic epidermis, markedly sclerotic dermis and stiff dilated vessels. The epidermis in early LS is usually normal with only minor irregularities in the rete pattern. The basement membrane is normal or focally widened, while the edematous dermis has only scattered ectatic vessels. The often dense lichenoid and intraepidermal infiltrate explains the spongiosis and vacuolization of the basal layer keratinocytes. Very early cases may only have a sparse lymphocytic infiltrate and hyper-/parakeratosis of the follicular ostia. Early topical therapy can dampen the progression to atrophic, irreversible LS.
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- 2004
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9. [Amelanotic melanoma of the vulva simulating lichen sclerosus et atrophicus].
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Ulmer A, Dietl J, Schaumburg-Lever G, and Fierlbeck G
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- Biopsy, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus pathology, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus surgery, Melanoma, Amelanotic pathology, Melanoma, Amelanotic surgery, Middle Aged, Vulva pathology, Vulva surgery, Vulvar Diseases pathology, Vulvar Diseases surgery, Vulvar Neoplasms pathology, Vulvar Neoplasms surgery, Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus diagnosis, Melanoma, Amelanotic diagnosis, Vulvar Diseases diagnosis, Vulvar Neoplasms diagnosis
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Malignant melanoma of the vulva is an uncommon disease. The amelanotic subtype is only rarely mentioned. We report a 60-year-old patient with a 6 month history of vulvar pruritus. Ivory lesions combined with erosions and fine "cigarette paper'-like wrinkling were suspicious for lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Histologically the diagnosis of an amelanotic malignant melanoma was made. Amelanotic melanoma may present with a wide variety of clinical features. Even in the uncommon location of the vulva, amelanotic melanoma should be suspected in any nonhealing nonpigmented lesion.
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- 1996
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