Diagnosis: Lichen planus
Description: Shiny dark violaceous plaques.
Morphology: Plaque
Site: Scalp
Sex: M
Age: 66
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory: Large, hypertrophic, shiny, dark violaceous plaques involving the scalp of more than one year duration. Some lesions have disappeared leaving brownish hyperpigmentation behind. Biopsy showed a picture consistent with LP hypertrophicus.