A Case Report on Juvenile Oral Bullous Lichen Planus

(BDS, MS)Professor in Oral Medicine and Radiology, Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Abstract Lichen palnus is a mucocutaneous disorder that predominantly affects older patients and less frequently the paediatric population. Oral lichen planus (OLP) can cause severe morbidity if undiagnosed and it carries low risk of malignant transformation potential too. Although OLP in children is rare,it should be included in the differential diagnosis of oral mucosal ulcerative disease because it is important to prevent the serious morbidity that may result from disease. This paper describes a case of bullous OLP in a 9 year old child that was diagnosed and successfullymanaged.