{"id":512,"date":"2023-01-02T21:20:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T02:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=512"},"modified":"2023-01-11T13:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T18:51:57","slug":"lichen-striatus","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/chapter\/lichen-striatus\/","title":{"raw":"Lichen Striatus","rendered":"Lichen Striatus"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>What is it?<\/h1>\r\nLichen striatus is a transient linear rash that is seen in school age children. The cause is unknown, but it is seen more commonly in girls than boys.\r\n<h1>What does it look like?<\/h1>\r\nLichen striatus presents with a linear band of erythematous papules with slight scale. It is commonly seen presenting in a stripe down and arm or leg, but can be seen on the face or trunk. Over time, the lesions fade and often leave hypo- or hyper-pigmentation that resolves slowly over months.\r\n<h1>How is it treated?<\/h1>\r\nNo treatment is necessary, and families can be reassured. For some children, there is associated pruritus and mid-potency topical steroids might be helpful.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Hover over image for caption.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"49\"]","rendered":"<h1>What is it?<\/h1>\n<p>Lichen striatus is a transient linear rash that is seen in school age children. The cause is unknown, but it is seen more commonly in girls than boys.<\/p>\n<h1>What does it look like?<\/h1>\n<p>Lichen striatus presents with a linear band of erythematous papules with slight scale. It is commonly seen presenting in a stripe down and arm or leg, but can be seen on the face or trunk. Over time, the lesions fade and often leave hypo- or hyper-pigmentation that resolves slowly over months.<\/p>\n<h1>How is it treated?<\/h1>\n<p>No treatment is necessary, and families can be reassured. For some children, there is associated pruritus and mid-potency topical steroids might be helpful.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hover over image for caption.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-49\">\n<div class=\"h5p-content\" data-content-id=\"49\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1682,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-512","chapter","type-chapter","status-web-only","hentry"],"part":504,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1334,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/512\/revisions\/1334"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/504"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/512\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}