A Pediatric Case of Erythrodermic Lichen Planus Pemphigoides

Abstract

Lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP) is an uncommon skin condition that is characterized by signs of lichen planus associated to subepidermal detachment with deposits of autoantibodies along dermal-epidermal junction basement membrane. LPP is infrequent in adults, but extremely rare in pediatric population; indeed just 17 cases were reported. We report a rare case history of a 6-year-old boy with clinical and histological findings of an erythrodermic LPP.