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Plantar lichen planus masquerading eumycetoma of dark grains
Anirban Das, Dipti Das, Ramesh Chandra Gharami, Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 700073, India
Author contributions: Das A was the correspondent author and took the photographs; Das D also seen the case and discussed with other 2 contributors and did histopathology; Gharami RC previous two authors consulted the author for histopathology and the confusion between eumycetoma and plantar lichen planus and for further management and consultation for Verhoeff-Van Gieson.
Correspondence to: Dr. Anirban Das, MBBS, Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, 88, College Street, Kolkata 700073, India. dr.anirban23@gmail.com
Telephone: +91-97-35772751
Received: February 20, 2014
Revised: April 16, 2014
Accepted: May 16, 2014
Published online: August 2, 2014
Processing time: 189 Days and 14.3 Hours
Revised: April 16, 2014
Accepted: May 16, 2014
Published online: August 2, 2014
Processing time: 189 Days and 14.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The case was initially thought to be eumycetoma of dark grains as there was history of discharge of grains but after repeated antifungal therapy it did not resolve and in histopathology it was found as lichen planus. In this case the clinical features collaborating with perforating lichen planus but histopathology has failed to elucidate the perforating channel which is often missed and difficult to delineate. So, it is better to do a histopathology before giving the treatment as there is overlapping clinical features of various diseases.