Rapid resolution of widespread cutaneous lichen planus and generalized pruritus in an elderly patient following treatment with dupilumab

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.10.019
• Publication Date: 2022-10-30T02:46:53Z
• Authors: Soroush Kazemi; Morgan Murphrey; Jason E. Hawkes
• Keywords: Dupilumab

Lichen planus (LP) is a rare inflammatory disease that affects <1% of the population and most common in middle-aged adults.1 Classically manifesting as violaceous, polygonal, flat-topped, pruritic papules or plaques on skin, LP has pleiomorphic presentation may involve hair, nails, mucosal tissues.2 Pruritus symptom several associations have been described including trauma, medications, hepatitis infection, exposure to dental restorative materials.