Blaschko-linear psoriasis (PBL) is a rare form of that presents as longitudinal lines on the skin, along Blaschko lines. This often observed in children and can be difficult to distinguish from other acquired linear dermatoses such inflammatory verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN) lichen striatus. The prevalence PBL unknown, but it generally more common boys than girls. clinical histological simil...

Address to: Dr. Dennis de Carvalho Ferreira. Programa de Mestrado em Odontologia/Universidade Veiga de Almeida. Rua Ibituruna 108, Maracanã, 20271-020 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Phone: 55 21 2574-8888 e-mail: [email protected] Received 8 April 2014 Accepted 14 May 2014 The challenge to diagnose a clinical case of infl ammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus: Is there any ILVEN associated wi...

Linear psoriasis is an unusual clinical variation of psoriasis that manifests segmentally along the lines of Blaschko. A major differential diagnosis is inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN). The treatment of linear psoriasis is often challenging, with inadequate response to biological agents reported in the literature. We report a case of a 25-year-old African-American female w...

Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal naevus (ILVEN) is a rare congenital disease characterised by Blaschko-linear erythematous scaly skin. It highly pruritic, disfiguring, and notoriously treatment-resistant. The genetic basis heterogeneous: causes so far established are single case of GJA1- two CARD14- mosaicism. However, clinical overlap with the skin lesions CHILD syndrome led us to hypot...