Lichen planus pigmentosus (LPP) is a variant of lichen planus. It characterized by small black, brown macules, on sun exposed areas like face, neck, upper extremities and trunk. Lesions are insidious in onset with gradually progressive course. Few variants have been reported LPP inversus, localized LPP, linear zosteriform oral mucosa etc. Here, we present case young adolescent male, which rare ...

OBJECTIVES To report on the prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population. STUDY DESIGN 4470 Egyptian patients, aged 15-75 years, were seen at the outpatient clinic at the Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. 31.25 % of these patients were males and 68.75% were females. Oral mucosal lesions consistent with oral lichen planus (OLP) were ide...

Lichen planus is a relatively common mucocutaneous lesion in adults but it rarely seen paediatric patients. Here we presenting case of oral lichen 10 years old boy. The diagnosis was made on the basis clinical features only. Topical steroid therapy most given planus. This wastreated with novel treatment modality topical tacrolimus 0.03% and patient responded well to treatment.

OBJECTIVES Current treatments of oral lichen planus are palliative, not curative. Because psychiatric disorders significantly influence the development and severity of oral lichen planus, the use of psychiatric drug therapy may be an adjunct in treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of drug therapy of psychiatric disorders in oral lichen planus. STUDY DESIGN Our co...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory diseases, including oral lichen planus. Therefore, determining the salivary markers of oxidative stress is an excellent alternative approach to diagnosing oral cavity diseases. The objective of our study was to provide preliminary validation and determination of the salivary markers of oxidative stress in both p...

Lichen planus (LP) is a common disorder in which auto-cytotoxic T lymphocytes trigger apoptosis of epithelial cells leading to chronic inflammation. Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) can be a source of severe morbidity and has a small potential to be malignant. The diagnosis of OLP can be made from the clinical features if they are sufficiently characterized, but biopsy is recommended to confirm the dia...

background and aims. lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disorder with unspecified etiology, appearing as a result of stress, genetic predisposition and immunologic factors. erosive type of the disease is more important because of its clinical symptoms of pain, irritation and malignancy risk. despite various medications used, a definite cure for lichen planus is unknown. regarding the effec...

introduction:oral lichen planus(olp)is a chronic mucocutaneus disease with an immunological etiology. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of cedar honey in treatment of erosive- atrophic olp.materials and methods: thirty patients with confirmed clinical and histopathologic of olp participated in a randomized clinical trial in mashhad dental school.patients were randomly allocated in...

Lichen planus Drug Metformin Dr. Reuven Bergman, Department of Dermatology, Rambam Medical Center, POB 9602, 31096 Haifa (Israel) Lichen planus is a relatively common skin disorder of unknown etiology. A wide variety of drugs have been implicated in its cause, although in many cases there is insufficient evidence to differentiate them from the idiopathic disorder [1]. Among the oral hypoglycemi...

Objective. The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the salivary tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) level in oral lichen planus patients and to compare the levels of TNF-α between saliva and serum of OLP and controls. Methods. Serum and whole saliva from 30 patients with active lesions of oral lichen planus (OLP) and 30 healthy persons were investigated for the presence of TNF-α by...