Cancer Risk with Lichen Planus The oral (mouth) lesions of lichen planus has the potential to become cancerous (malignant). There may also be an increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma with skin and vulvar lesions but this is rare. The malignant potential of mouth lesions are uncommon and ...
Lichen planus has been associated with immunodeficiency states, malignancies, cirrhosis, peptic ulcer, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and ulcerative colitis, among others. Clinically, vulvar lichen planus can take many forms, which creates frequent delays in the diagnosis. The genital lesions can be ...
This clinical scenario can be confused with a number of similarly appearing entities such as erosive vulvar lichen planus, mucous membrane pemphigoid, and erosive lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. In fact, our patient carried a diagnosis of lichen sclerosus by an outside physician for 2 years prior...
Premalignant nature of oral lichen planus. The issue as to whether oral lichen planus is a premalignant disorder is still controversial. This study aimed to examine oral malignancies associated with... R Laeijendecker,TV Joost,MC Kuizinga,... - Acta dermato-venereologica 被引量: 125发表: 20...
oral lichen planus; vulvar lichen sclerosus Abstract Background Lichen sclerosus and lichen planus are chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disorders that may coexist. Objective The aim of this study was to estimate the period prevalence of oral lichen planus in a cohort of patients with vulvar ...
Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a precursor to invasive vulvar carcinoma. The two major types of VIN, usual and differentiated, differ in epidemi... KW Lai,MG Mercurio - 《Dermatologic Therapy》 被引量: 42发表: 2010年 22-Year-Old Male with Firm, Itchy Papules, and Hair Loss on...
Lichen planus Leukoplakia Vitiligo Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia Lichen sclerosus Treatment Treatment for this condition might be unnecessary as the condition often improves without any professional medical care. Patients may not require treatment if the genital region is unaffected, and in case of absen...
LICHEN planusSTENOSISVULVOVAGINAL candidiasisLICHENSSYMPTOMSCLOBETASOLThe authors report a case of vulvar lichen planus–induced vulvovaginal stenosis along with a review of the current literature. The authors outline a case of a patient with biopsy-proven vulvar lichen planus wh...
The article focuses on the characterization of vulvar lichen planus. Significantly, the disease is an inflammatory, autoimmune, mucocoutaneous disorder with multiple clinical variants. Furthermore, the etiology, epidemiology, as well as the clinical variants of the disease are discussed. Moreover, the...
Fig. 7.Vestibular erosion is the most common presentation of vulvar lichen planus; the surrounding, irregular, and coalescing white linear papules are less common but classic and pathognomonic. (Courtesy ofLibby Edwards, MD, Charlotte, NC.) ...