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Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease, of unknown cause, which can affect any body part of any person, but has a strong preference for the genitals (penis, vulva), and is also known as balanitis xerotica obliterans when it affects the penis. Lichen sclerosus is not contagious.
Lichen planus: Skin, mucous membranes None specific Probable 1% [16] Lichen sclerosus: Skin None specific Probable Rare [17] Linear IgA disease: Skin Anti-epidermal basement membrane IgA Confirmed Extremely rare [18] Morphea: Skin None specific Probable Not well established [19] Psoriasis: Skin Various, not specific Confirmed 2-3% [20 ...
Kraurosis vulvae or vulvar lichen sclerosus (VLS) is a cutaneous condition characterized by atrophy and shrinkage of the skin of the vagina and vulva often accompanied by a chronic inflammatory reaction in the deeper tissues.
Morphea–lichen sclerosus et atrophicus overlap is characterized by both lesions of morphea and lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, most commonly seen in women. [ 3 ] : 171 Generalized morphea is characterized by widespread indurated plaques and pigmentary changes, sometimes associated with muscle atrophy, but without visceral involvement.
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Lichen sclerosus is another common cause of vulvitis in children, and it often affects an hourglass or figure eight-shaped area of skin around the anus and vulva. Symptoms of a mild case include skin fissures, loss of skin pigment (hypopigmentation), skin atrophy, a parchment-like texture to the skin, dysuria, itching, discomfort, and excoriation.
That is a good point. For Men, Lichen sclerosus is a disease that primarily the foreskin, and therefore circumcision will reduce its incidence dramatically. In the same way we could reduce appendicitis by giving everyone a appendectomy. --Dumbo1 15:26, 15 January 2006 (UTC) Agree regarding common pro-circ bias which may be reflected.
Lichen Sclerosis (or Sclerosus) et atrophicus (LSA) is the term usually used when the disease occurs in men. Plain Lichen Sclerosis when it occurs in women or when refering to the disease in general. The diease has been called many thing over the years (White Spot, Csillag's disease, and Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans (BXO) in men, but now more ...