The patient is an 83-year-old female with a 30-year history of intense pruritus which started on her legs and over the last year has spread to other scattered areas on the body. She has Type I skin ...

Lichen nuchae is a form of lichen simplex that occurs on the midposterior neck and is observed almost exclusively in women. LSC manifests most commonly in middle-aged rather than elderly patients, who ...

A 62-year-old woman presents with chronic vulvar pruritus. She treated herself for yeast vaginitis without improvement. She has had progressive dyspareunia and intermittent difficulty with defecation, ...

Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC) is also known as neurodermatitis. This term refers to a chronic itchy condition of the skin that appears to get worse with scratching. This scratching leads to the skin ...