Bickle Kelly, Smithberger Erica, Lien Mary H, Fenske Neil Alan
Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of South Florida, College of Medicine,Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
J Drugs Dermatol. 2010 Jul;9(7):841-3.
The authors report a case of a Latin American woman who developed progressive pigmentation primarily involving two digits of her right hand. She was scheduled for amputation based on a presumptive histologic diagnosis of melanoma with regression. Dermatology consultation with repeat biopsies disclosed a lichenoid tissue reaction with marked pigment incontinence and no evidence of melanoma. This report should prompt physicians to include lichen planus pigmentosus in the differential diagnosis of acral lentiginous melanoma.
