Lichen ruber moniliformis, also known as morbus moniliformis lichenoide, Wise-Rein disease, Nekam disease, keratosis lichenoides chronica, is a rare skin disease named for Fred Wise and Charles R. Rein. - entry on Kaposi's disease IF. Wise, C. R. Rein. Lichen ruber moniliformis (morbus moniliformis lichenoides). Report of a case and description of a hitherto unrecorded histologic structure. Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology, Chicago, 1936, 34: 830-849.
It is one of several diseases also known as Kaposi's disease, based on its characterization in 1886 by Moritz Kaposi.M. Kaposi. Lichen ruber moniliformis. Vierteljahrsschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis, Wien, 1886, 13: 571-582.
Presentation The disease causes numerous whitish punctiform papules and brownish macules arranged in a necklace-like pattern. See also Lichen planus List of cutaneous conditions
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