Domínguez María Victoria Guiote, Mateu Anna Vilanova, Vieira Ricardo, Solano Juan Linares, Sintes Ramón Naranjo, Salmerón María Teresa Gutiérrez
Department of Dermatology, San Cecilio Hospital, Granada, Spain.
Dermatol Online J. 2006 Feb 28;12(2):17.
A 23-year-old man with hepatitis C was observed with brownish dome-shaped papules in a linear pattern on the chest. The papules were determined clinically and pathologically to be linear lichen planus. These lesions appeared during an interferon-alpha therapy for his hepatitis and resolved after topical treatment with tacrolimus ointment. Linear lichen planus and hepatitis C have been reported only twice previously. The association between these disorders and the potential role of interferon therapy are discussed.
