A 35-year-old man presents with a chief complaint of purple discoloration of his toes and associated skin lesions that have ...

In the rare and atypical atrophic variant, the normal papules are replaced by flat violaceous macules that are found in the axillae and glans penis. Etiology: Lichen planus is a common ...

Lichen planus, an idiopathic inflammatory dermatosis of the skin and/or mucous membranes, is characterized by the five Ps: Planar (flat-topped), Pruritic, Polygonal, Purple (violaceous ...

Examination of the bilateral upper extremities and trunk revealed symmetric, violaceous, polygonal papules coalescing into plaques (Figure 1). Marked isomorphism (Koebnerization) was noted.

A heliotrope rash, a violaceous edematous periorbital erythema that may be slightly scaly, is considered pathognomonic for dermatomyositis. ADPDM (previously Gottron's papules) appear as red to ...

A 77-year-old man presented for investigation of violaceous papules that had suddenly appeared on his chest, abdomen, and back 6 months earlier. The patient displayed B symptoms, was underweight ...