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2 mm pale papules over the knees in frictional lichenoid dermatosis (FLD-patient1)
Keywords: FLD, A few confluent plaques, Arm, Child, Clusters of skin-coloured papules, Dermatite du toboggan, Dermatitis papulosa juvenilis, Dorsal elbow, Elbow, Excoriation, Multiple flat-topped papules, Papular neurodermatitis, Recurrent papular eruption of childhood, Skin of colour, Summer lichenoid dermatitis, Sutton's summer prurigo
Frictional lichenoid dermatitis (FLD) is a benign, self-limiting skin condition characterised by flesh-coloured or mildly erythematous, flat-topped papules found on extensor surfaces.
Owing to its uncertain aetiology, FLD has been referred to by several names in literature, including but not limited to:
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