Author/Authors :
Sepaskhah، Mozhdeh نويسنده , , Maghami، Zohreh نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Pityriasis lichenoides is an uncommon, acquired, papulosquamous
disorder that exhibits various clinical presentations, including
acute, chronic, and febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann forms.
Pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC) is the chronic form of this
continuum. Its treatment is challenging for patients and clinicians
and some cases are multidrug resistant. Today, this disorder
has many treatment choices, including topical corticosteroids,
topical calcineurin inhibitors, phototherapy (ultraviolet (UV) A
and narrow band UVB), methotrexate, dapsone, cyclosporine
and recently etanercept.
In our experience, mycophenolate mofetil was effective as a new
treatment for pityriasis lichenoides.