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CASE REPORT
Year : 2003  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 91-93

Widerspread hypopigmentation secondary to the prolonged use of highly potent steroidal cream in lichen planus


Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences Obafemi Awolowo Univeritv. Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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O Onayemi
Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences Obafemi Awolowo Univerity. Ile-Ife
Nigeria
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A 24-year old Nigerian woman presented at our clinic with extensive h ypopigment ation following the use of very potent steroidal cream in widerspread lichen planus. She was t reated with intramuscular injection of triamcinolone acetonide and the associated secondary bacterial infection was treated with an antibiotic. The cosmetic result at 18 months follow-up was impressive.


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