Translator Of Medical Terms In Dermatology – L (For Professionals)
Dr Christophe HSU – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland
The first column contains the term in French.
The second column contains the translated equivalent in English.
The third column contains the name of individuals associated with the term (either they described the term, or the term is eponymous…).
| Corps lamellaires | Lamellar bodies | |
| Ichtyose lamellaire | Lamellar ichtyosis | |
| Parapsoriasis à grandes plaques (poikiloderma atrophicans vasculare) | Large plaque parapsoriasis (poikiloderma atrophicans vasculare) | |
| Lymphome T à grandes cellules | Large T-cell lymphoma | |
| Vasculite à grands vaisseaux | Large-vessel vasculitis | |
| Larva migrans | Larva migrans | |
| Leishmaniose | Leishmaniasis | |
| Peau citréine | Lemon skin | Milian |
| Lentigine | Lentigene | |
| Lentigo | Lentigo | |
| Vasculite leucocytoclasique | Leucocytoclastic vasculitis | |
| Pou | Lice | Aristote (Aristotle) |
| Amylose papuleuse | Lichen amyloidosis | |
| Lichen aureus | Lichen aureus | |
| Lichen nitidus | Lichen nitidus | Pinkus |
| Lichen plan | Lichen planus | Wilson |
| Lichen plan pemphigoïde | Lichen planus pemphigoides | |
| Lichen Scléroatrophique | Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus | |
| Lichen scrofulosorum | Lichen scrofulosorum | Hebra |
| Dermite de contact lichénoïde | Lichenoid contact dermatitis | |
| Dermatose lichénoïde | Lichenoïd dermatosis | |
| Dermatite purpurique et pigmentée (syndrome de Gougerot-Blum) | Lichenoid pigmented purpuric dermatosis (Gougerot-Blum disease) | Gougerot, Blum |
| Morphée linéaire en coup de sabre | Linear morphea “en coup de sabre” | |
| Scérodermie en bandes | Linear scleroderma | |
| Tic de léchage des lèvres | Liplicking | |
| Hypodermite scléreuse (Guêtre scléreuse, lipodermatosclérose) | Lipodermatosclerosis | |
| Lipoprotéinose (maladie de Urbach-Wiethe) (Hyalinose cutanéomuqueuse) | Lipoproteinosis (Urbach-Wiethe disease) | Urbach, Wiethe |
| Dermatite livédoide (Nicolau) | Livedoid dermatitis (Nicolau) | Nicolau |
| Vasculopathie livédoïde | Livedoid vascultis (livedoid vasculopathy) | |
| Acrodermatite continue de Hallopeau (psoriasis pustuleux localisé) | Localised pustular psoriasis | Hallopeau, Kogoj, Lapierre |
| Mélanonychie longitudinale | Longitudinal melanonychia | |
| Lupus érythemateux | Lupus erythematosus | |
| Lupus milaire disséminé de la face | Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei | |
| Lupus érythémateux profond | Lupus profundus | |
| Lymphocytome | lymphadenosis benigna cutis | |
| Lymphangite carcinomateuse | Lymphangitis carcinomatosa | Andrel |
| Filiariase lymphatique (Eléphantiasis) | Lymphatic filiariasis (Elephantiasis) | |
| Lymphome | Lymphoma | |
| Granulomatose lymphomatoïde de Liebow | Lymphomatoid granulomatosis | Liebow |
