Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosed
Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a rare disease affecting the skin and the mucous membrane, and it is chronic inflammatory in nature. It occurs in both males and females, but mainly affects females in the fifth or sixth decade of life. It mainly involves the genital and perianal areas but can affect any par...
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| author | Varna Indushekar I L Jeswani Shikha Goyal Mukesh Punjabi Chetan B Patil |
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| description | Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a rare disease affecting the skin and the mucous membrane, and it is chronic inflammatory in nature. It occurs in both males and females, but mainly affects females in the fifth or sixth decade of life. It mainly involves the genital and perianal areas but can affect any part of the body and the involvement of the oral mucosa is exceptionally rare, but sometimes it affects only the oral mucosa. It requires differentiating from other lesions of the oral cavity which looks similar to this lesion. In considering the rarity of the reported cases, the present article reports one more case of LS affecting the soft palate in an edentulous 66 year-old male patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f446111510304a04a4867296a826f6a12022-12-21T23:54:22ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49292016-01-0159224324410.4103/0377-4929.174852Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosedVarna IndushekarI L JeswaniShikha GoyalMukesh PunjabiChetan B PatilLichen sclerosus (LS) is a rare disease affecting the skin and the mucous membrane, and it is chronic inflammatory in nature. It occurs in both males and females, but mainly affects females in the fifth or sixth decade of life. It mainly involves the genital and perianal areas but can affect any part of the body and the involvement of the oral mucosa is exceptionally rare, but sometimes it affects only the oral mucosa. It requires differentiating from other lesions of the oral cavity which looks similar to this lesion. In considering the rarity of the reported cases, the present article reports one more case of LS affecting the soft palate in an edentulous 66 year-old male patient.http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2016;volume=59;issue=2;spage=243;epage=244;aulast=IndushekarLichen sclerosus, oral cavity, soft palate |
| spellingShingle | Varna Indushekar I L Jeswani Shikha Goyal Mukesh Punjabi Chetan B Patil Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosed Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology Lichen sclerosus, oral cavity, soft palate |
| title | Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosed |
| title_full | Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosed |
| title_fullStr | Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosed |
| title_short | Primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin: A rare entity often misdiagnosed |
| title_sort | primary cutaneous actinomycosis of scrotal skin a rare entity often misdiagnosed |
| topic | Lichen sclerosus, oral cavity, soft palate |
| url | http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2016;volume=59;issue=2;spage=243;epage=244;aulast=Indushekar |
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