Face Linear

Linear lesions on the face

 

Linear lesions on the face are usually a contact dermatitis due to a plant.  There may be vesiculation and subsequent hyperpigmentation.  Epidermal nevi and lichen striatus may also occur in a linear distribution on the face.  Herpes Zoster usually occurs in a dermatomal distribution but it may look linear.

 

SIGN DIP MEN     Overview of Linear lesions

 

S-Squamous   Lichen striatus,ILVEN(inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus),Psoriasis,Lichen planus,Darier’s disease,Lichen nitidus,

 

I-Infective    Herpes zoster,Cutaneous larva migrans,Warts

 

G-Granulomatous

 

N-Neoplastic    Porokeratoses,Sebaceous nevus,Epidermal nevi,Linear benign tumours Syringomas,Trichoepitheliomas,and Eccrine spiradenomas,Leiomyomas,Segmental neurofibromatosis,Linear Basal cell nevus syndrome

 

D-Drugs

 

I-Immunological   Vitiligo,Linear Morphea,Graft versus host disease,

 

P-Physical     Scratching,Dermatographism,Plant contact dermatitis,Pigmented purpuric dermatosis,Mondor’s disease,Linear fibromatosis,Striae distensae

 

M-Metabolic

 

E-Endocrine  Pregnancy pigmentary lines

 

N-Nutritional

 

Others-  Linear lesions following Blaschko’s lines, Linear disease variants due to Mosaicism, Incontinentia pigmenti, Hypomelanosis of Ito, Goltz syndrome, Conradi syndrome,