Actinic lichen nitidus in a Caucasian European patient

摘要

Actinic lichen nitidus (ALN) is a photoinduced lichenoid eruption that displays histologic features of classic lichen nitidus with some clinical similarities. It appears only on photo-distributed areas. Up to date, it has been reported in deeply pigmented patients (Fitzpatrick skin types V and VI), in African American, Middle Eastern and Indian descent population.1 To our knowledge, it has not been yet described in Caucasian patients.