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Lichen Amyloid

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•intensely pruritic
•extensor surfaces of extremities (shins)
•amyloid derived from epidermis (essentially a variant of LSC)
•deposits high in papillary dermis
•ddx:  LSC,  woody lymphedema, pretibial myxedema
•treatment pearl - cover with duoderm (x months)

 

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