Lichen ruber moniliformis
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Lichen ruber moniliformis is a rare skin disease named for Fred Wise and .[1][2]
It is one of several diseases also known as Kaposi's disease, based on its characterization in 1886 by Moritz Kaposi.[1][3]
It is thought to be a rare variety of lichen planus.[citation needed]It is also known as "Morbus moniliformis lichenoides".[4]
Presentation[]
The disease causes numerous whitish punctiform papules and brownish macules arranged in a necklace-like pattern.[citation needed]
Diagnosis[]
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Treatment[]
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See also[]
- Lichen planus
- List of cutaneous conditions
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b synd/1213 at Who Named It? - entry on Kaposi's disease I
- ^ F. Wise, C. R. Rein. Lichen ruber moniliformis (morbus moniliformis lichenoides). Report of a case and description of a hitherto unrecorded histologic structure. Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology, Chicago, 1936, 34: 830-849.
- ^ M. Kaposi. Lichen ruber moniliformis. Vierteljahrsschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis, Wien, 1886, 13: 571-582.
- ^ Mumford PB, Barber HW (April 1943). "Lichen Ruber Moniliformis (Morbus Moniliformis Lichenoides; Myxoedema Moniliforme.)". Proc. R. Soc. Med. 36 (6): 286–287. PMC 1998513. PMID 19992630.
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