High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions

Rafał Białynicki-Birula; Radomir Reszke; Jacek Szepietowski

doi:10.5114/ada.2017.71118

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High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions

Rafał Białynicki-Birula

,

Radomir Reszke

,

Jacek C. Szepietowski

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2017; XXXIV (5): 485–489

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2017.71118

Online publish date: 2017/10/31

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Białynicki-Birula R, Reszke R, Szepietowski JC. High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2017;34(5):485-489. doi:10.5114/ada.2017.71118.

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Białynicki-Birula, R., Reszke, R.,  & Szepietowski, J. C. (2017). High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 34(5), 485-489. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2017.71118

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Białynicki-Birula, Rafał, Radomir Reszke,  and Jacek C Szepietowski. 2017. "High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions". Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii 34 (5): 485-489. doi:10.5114/ada.2017.71118.

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Białynicki-Birula, R., Reszke, R.,  and Szepietowski, J. (2017). High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 34(5), pp.485-489. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2017.71118

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Białynicki-Birula, Rafał et al. "High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions." Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, vol. 34, no. 5, 2017, pp. 485-489. doi:10.5114/ada.2017.71118.

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Białynicki-Birula R, Reszke R, Szepietowski J. High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2017;34(5):485-489. doi:10.5114/ada.2017.71118.

Introduction: Morphea and lichen sclerosus (LS) are chronic inflammatory diseases that may pose a diagnostic challenge for a physician. High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) is a versatile diagnostic method utilized in dermatologic practice, allowing monitoring the course of the disease, treatment response and differentiation between certain skin disorders.

Aim: To prove the usefulness of HFUS in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital LS lesions.

Material and methods: We examined 16 patients with plaque morphea and 4 patients with extragenital LS using 20 MHz taberna pro medicum^TM (Germany) device.

Results: Investigations revealed hyperechogenic entrance echo in both morphea and LS lesions, whereas a distinct polycyclic surface of the entrance echo was detected exclusively in LS.

Conclusions: High-frequency ultrasonography is a current diagnostic modality that may prove useful in differentiating between morphea and LS lesions.

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High-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) as a useful tool in differentiating between plaque morphea and extragenital lichen sclerosus lesions

Rafał Białynicki-Birula , Radomir Reszke , Jacek C. Szepietowski

high-frequency ultrasonography, plaque morphea, extragenital lichen sclerosus, differentiation

Rafał Białynicki-Birula

,

Radomir Reszke

,

Jacek C. Szepietowski