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Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica Presenting with Bilateral Palmoplantar Involvement Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica Presenting With Bilateral Palmoplantar Involvement Lyubov Avshalumova, DO; Blakely Richardson, DO; Richard Miller, DO PRACTICE POINTS • Diagnosis of pityriasis lichenoides may be difficult due to a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. • Pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC) with palmoplantar involvement may mimic psoriasis. • Screening for infections is not recommended in patients with PLC unless the patient has other symptoms pointing to a specific infection. • Phototherapy currently is the most effective treatment modality for PLC.copy not Pityriasis lichenoides is an uncommon, acquired, pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), idiopathic, self-limiting skin disease that poses a pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC), and febrile challenge to patients and clinicians to diagnose ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease. Precise and treat. Several variants exist including pityriasisDo classification can be difficult due to an overlap of lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), pityria- clinical and histologic features. The spectrum of sis lichenoides chronica (PLC), and febrile ulcer- this inflammatory skin disorder is characterized by onecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease. Precise recurrent crops of spontaneously regressing papulo- classification can be difficult due to an overlap of squamous, polymorphic, and ulceronecrotic papules clinical and histologic features. In this case report affecting the trunk and extremities. Pityriasis lichen- we describe a patient with a rare presentation of oides is a monoclonal T-cell disorder that needs care- PLC exhibiting bilateral palmoplantar involvement ful follow-up because it can progress, though rarely, and mimicking psoriasis. CUTISWe review the literature to cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. In this case report we and discuss the clinical course, pathogenesis, and describe a patient with a rare presentation of PLC current treatment modalities of PLC. exhibiting bilateral palmoplantar involvement and Cutis. 2016;97:345-347, 358. mimicking psoriasis. We review the literature and discuss the clinical course, pathogenesis, and current treatment modalities of PLC. ityriasis lichenoides is an uncommon, acquired, idiopathic, self-limiting skin disease that poses Case Report Pa challenge to patients and clinicians to diag- A 61-year-old woman presented with a recurrent nose and treat. Several variants exist including itchy rash on the legs, feet, hands, and trunk of sev- eral months’ duration. Her medical history included Helicobacter pylori–associated peptic ulcer disease and Dr. Avshalumova is from private practice, New York, New York. hypertension. She was not taking any prescription Dr. Richardson is from Westgate Skin and Cancer Center, medications. She reported no alcohol or tobacco use Austin, Texas. Dr. Miller is from Bay Dermatology/Largo Medical or any personal or family history of skin disease. For Center, Florida. The authors report no conflict of interest. many years she had lived part-time in Hong Kong, Correspondence: Lyubov Avshalumova, DO, 80 Beekman St, and she was concerned that her skin condition might Southbridge Plaza, New York, NY 10038 ([email protected]). be infectious or allergic in nature because she had WWW.CUTIS.COM VOLUME 97, MAY 2016 345 Copyright Cutis 2016. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica observed similar skin lesions in Hong Kong natives trunk producing a central distribution or restricted to who attributed the outbreaks of rash to “bad water.” the extremities giving a peripheral pattern. A purely Physical examination revealed reddish brown acral localization is uncommon and rarely has been crusted papules and plaques scattered bilaterally over documented in the literature.1 the legs and feet (Figure 1); serpiginous scaly patches Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta typi- on the hips, thighs, and back; and thick hyperkera- cally presents with an acute polymorphous eruption totic psoriasiform plaques with yellow scale and crust of 2- to 3-mm erythematous macules that evolve into on the palms and soles (Figure 2). The nails and oral papules with a fine, micaceous, centrally attached mucosa were unaffected. Histopathologic evaluation scale. The center of the papule then undergoes hem- of the lesions obtained from the superior aspect of orrhagic necrosis, becomes ulcerated with reddish the thigh showed parakeratotic scale and a lichenoid brown crust, and may heal with a varioliform scar. lymphocytic infiltrate in the papillary dermis consis- Symptoms may include a burning sensation and pru- tent with PLC (Figure 3). ritus. Successive crops may persist for weeks, months, The patient was started on tetracycline and sometimes years.2 500 mg twice daily for 10 days and on narrowband Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann dis- UVB (NB-UVB) therapy at 350 J/cm2 with incre- ease is an acute and severe generalized eruption of mental increases of 60 J/cm2 at each treatment ulceronecrotic plaques. Extensive painful necrosis for a maximum dose of 770 J/cm2. She received of the skin may follow and there is an increased risk 9 treatments in total over 1 month and noted some for secondary infection.2 Systemic symptoms may improvement in overall appearance of the lesions, include fever, sore throat, diarrhea, and abdomi- mostly over the trunk and extremities. Palmoplantar nal pain. Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann lesions were resistant to treatment. Therapy with disease has a mortalitycopy rate of 25% and should be NB-UVB was discontinued, as the patient had to treated as a dermatologic emergency.2 return to Hong Kong. Given the brief course of Pityriasis lichenoides chronica has a more gradual NB-UVB therapy, it was hard to assess why the pal- presentation and indolent course than PLEVA. It moplantar lesions failed to respond to treatment. mostnot commonly presents as small asymptomatic polymorphous red-brown maculopapules with mica- Comment ceous scale.3 Papules spontaneously flatten over Subtypes—Pityriasis lichenoides is a unique inflamma- a few weeks. Postinflammatory hypopigmentation tory disorder that usually presents with guttate Dopap- or hyperpigmentation may persist once the lesions ules in various stages of evolution ranging from acute resolve. Similar to PLEVA, PLC has a relapsing hemorrhagic, vesicular, or ulcerated lesions to chronic course but with longer periods of remission. Pityriasis pink papules with adherent micalike scale. Two ends of the spectrum are PLEVA and PLC. Papule distri- bution often is diffuse, affecting both the trunk and extremities, but involvement can be confined to the CUTIS A B Figure 1. Erythematous crusted and hyperkeratotic papules over the left shin (A) and dorsal aspect of the Figure 2. Thick hyperkeratotic plaques involving the left ankle and foot (B). sole of the left foot. 346 CUTIS® WWW.CUTIS.COM Copyright Cutis 2016. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica Figure 3. Skin biopsy demonstrated para- keratotic scale with underlying superficial chronic inflammation and hemorrhage (A) (H&E, original magnification ×10). High-power view demonstrated thick parakeratotic scale, a lichenoid lympho- cytic infiltrate in the papillary dermis, and vacuolar change of the basal layer with occasional individual cell necrosis (B) A B (H&E, original magnification ×20). lichenoides chronica usually involves the trunk and Histopathology—Pityriasis lichenoides et vario- proximal extremities, but acral distributions, as in liformis acuta and PLC are similar with subtle our case, have been described. This rare variant of and gradually evolving differences, supporting pityriasis lichenoides may be underrecognized and the notion that these disorders are polar ends of underdiagnosed due to its resemblance to psoriasis.1 the same disease spectrum.2 Pityriasis lichenoides The prevalence and incidence of PLC in the et varioliformis acuta typically produces a dense general population is unknown. There appears to wedge-shaped dermal infiltrate composed of CD8+ be no predominance based on gender, ethnicity, or T cells and histiocytes most concentrated along the geographical location, and it occurs in both children basal layer with lymphocytic exocytosis into the epi- and adults. One study showed the average age to be dermis and perivascular inflammation. The epidermis 29 years.2 also demonstrates spongiosis, necrosis and apoptosis Etiology—The cause of pityriasis lichenoides is of keratinocytes,copy neutrophilic inclusions, vacuolar unknown, but there are 3 popular theories regarding degeneration, intraepidermal vesicles and ulcer- its pathogenesis: a hypersensitivity response due to ation, and focal parakeratosis with scale and crust. an infectious agent, an inflammatory response to a In contrast, PLC is less exaggerated than PLEVA T-cell dyscrasia, or an immune complex–mediated withnot a superficial bandlike lymphocytic infiltrate in hypersensitivity vasculitis.2 which CD4+ T cells predominate with minimal peri- The theory of an infectious cause has been pro- vascular involvement. Immunohistochemical stud- posed due to reports of disease clustering in families ies reveal that CD8+ cells predominate in PLEVA, and communities.2,3 Elevated titers of certain pathoDo- while CD4+ cells predominate in PLC. Staining for gens and clearing of the disease after pathogen-specific
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