Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Lichen planus-like eruption resulting from a jellyfish sting: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Lichen planus-like eruption resulting from a jellyfish sting a case report Sudip Kumar Ghosh1 Debabrata Bandyopadhyay1 and Susmit Haldar2 Addresses Department of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy RG Kar Medical College 1 Khudiram Bose Sarani Kolkata 700004 West Bengal India 2Calcutta Skin Institute VI M CIT Scheme Kolkata 700054 West Bengal India Email SKG - dr_skghosh@ DB - dr_dban@ SH - drsusmit@ Corresponding author Received 31 January 2008 Accepted 15 January 2009 Published 23 July 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 7421 doi 1752-1947-3-7421 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7421 2009 Ghosh et al. licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Contact with a jellyfish can cause a wide variety of conditions ranging from cutaneous eruption to fatal cardiovascular and respiratory collapse. Cutaneous features can be both acute and chronic. We report a case of persistent lichen planus-like eruption in a young boy after a jellyfish sting a hitherto unreported occurrence. Case presentation A 15-year-old boy presented with multiple lichen planus-like violaceous papules over the lower part of his left thigh on the anterior aspect and also over the patellar region. He had a history of a jellyfish sting over his lower limbs incurred while bathing in the sea four weeks prior to presentation. Histopathology revealed a predominantly perivascular mononuclear cell infiltrate immediately beneath the dermoepidermal junction underneath the hyperplastic epidermis. The lesions significantly subsided with topical corticosteroid application. Conclusion This
