Patient Response to Treatment of Oral Lichen Planus With Topical On average, patients used topical tacrolimus for 1.1 years (range, 5 days to 2.7 years) and reported an improvement within 1 month (range, 3 days to 6 months). Thirty-four patients (92%) reported that they used the medication...
The quality of patient-orien- tated Internet information on oral lichen planus: a pilot study. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010;16:883-6.Lopez-Jornet P, Camacho-Alonso F. The quality of patient- orientated Internet information on oral lichen planus: A pilot study. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010;16:...
Lichen planus is an immune mediated inflammatory lesion involving skin and mucosal sites including oral mucosa, vulva and rarely vagina. Lichen planus occurring at mucosal sites has been shown to be associated with squamous cell carcinoma in a proportion
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Serena Francis Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India †Current address: Chettinad Dental Collge and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India Lichen planus is a chronic inflamm...
In nine of the eleven cases, the skin eruptions clinically resembled lichen planus and in two cases the eruptions were erythematous and eczematous. Lichenoid eruptions from bacterial agents, spirochetes, fungi, and drugs have been described.1 Among the latter, penicillin, para-aminosalicylic acid, ...
Background Lichen planus is a common inflammatory autoimmune condition of unknown etiology that commonly affects the skin and mucous membranes. Isolated ocular lichen planus is an extremely rare presentation that most commonly involves the eyelids, conjunctiva, and cornea, leading to severe scarring, an...
Malignant transformation risk of oral lichen planus: A systematic review and comprehensive meta-analysis Oral Oncol., 96 (2019), pp. 121-130 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar 11 D. Eisen, M. Carrozzo, J.-V. Bagan Sebastian, K. Thongprasom Number V Oral lichen planus: clinica...
Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common, chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder of the mucous membranes, which causes major discomfort. Current treatment includes topical/systemic glucocorticoids, immune modulators and systemic immunosuppressants, which may lead to considerable side-effects. The aim of this...
A 43-year-old man, affected with alopecia universalis and vitiligo since his childhood, developed erythrodermic pityriasis rubra pilaris followed then by lichen planus; chronic viral hepatitis C was diagnosed. This appears to be a unique constellation of cutaneous diseases implying both autoimm unity...