Lichen nitidus is in inflammatoire sykte fan ûnbekende oarsaak, karakterisearre troch 1-2 mm, diskrete en unifoarme, glâns, flakke boppekant, bleke fleiskleurige of readbrún papules. De sykte meastal treft bern en jonge folwoeksenen. Algemien is lichen nitidus asymptomatysk, dêrom is gjin behanneling nedich.
Lichen nitidus is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause characterized by 1–2 mm, discrete and uniform, shiny, flat-topped, pale flesh-colored or reddish-brown papules that may appear as hypopigmented against dark skin. Occasionally, minimal scaling is present or can be induced by rubbing the surface of the papules. The disease usually affects children and young adults and is painless and usually nonpruritic, although protracted itching may occur in some cases.
Dizze foto is gjin typysk gefal. Sykje asjebleaft lichen nitidus op it ynternet.
Lichen nitidus ferskynt typysk by bern en jonge folwoeksenen, en beynfloedet beide seksen en alle rassen gelyk. It toant as lytse, glânzjende, flakke papules op 'e hûd, meastentiids 1 oant 2 mm breed. Dizze papules ferskine faak op 'e earms, skonken, búk, boarst of penile shaft. It is meastentiids asymptomatysk, dus behanneling is oer it generaal foar symptomatyske of kosmetysk fersteurende lesions. Lichen nitidus most commonly presents in children and young adults and does not favor one sex or race. Lichen nitidus presents as multiple, discrete, shiny, flat-topped, pale to skin-colored papules, 1 to 2 mm in diameter. These lesions commonly present on the limbs, abdomen, chest, and penile shaft. It is usually asymptomatic, so treatment is generally for symptomatic or cosmetically disturbing lesions.
