Lichenoid reactions represent a family of lesions with different etiologic factors and a common clinical and histologic ap-pearance. Lichen planus is included with lichenoid reactions and is a relatively common chronic mucocutaneous disorder. The most important complication of lichenoid reactions is the possibility of malignant transformation. That is why it has been considered a precancerous c...

Dental Update – November 2002 Abstract: Lichen planus is a relatively common, often clinically distinctive, mucocutaneous condition with an uncertain aetiology. One variant of lichen planus is the so-called ‘lichenoid drug eruption’. In contrast to idiopathic lichen planus, lichenoid drug eruptions, where practicable, may be managed by substitution of the offending drug. The dental clinician is...

BACKGROUND Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease, which may affect the oral mucosa in either its cutaneous and systemic forms, with varied prevalence. METHODS Forty-six patients with confirmed diagnosis of LE, presenting oral lesions were included in the study. Oral mucosal lesions were analyzed clinically, their histopathological features were investigated and infla...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: We sought to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic value of ‎epicutaneous patch testing in patients with oral lichenoid lesions (OLLs).‎ METHODS: Bibliographic searches were conducted in electronic databases such as PubMed, the Cochrane library, ‎EBSCO, Scopus, Web of knowledge and Google scholar from January 1990 to December 2011. Search terms re...

A 65-year-old man had relapsed follicular lymphoma. When he suffered a fifth relapse, he received a regimen containing bendamustine and rituximab (BR). Four weeks later, he presented with systemic erythema, swelling and bullous lesions of lips, the oral cavity, andnasal mucosa and eye pain. He could not open his mouth and had severe pain. Steven–Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis was d...

OBJECTIVE To report the first case of duloxetine hydrochloride (DH)-induced oral lichenoid drug reaction (OLDR). CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 57-year-old male patient presented with painful ulcerative lesions on the bilateral buccal mucosa of 2-year duration. The patient was on multiple drug therapy for his systemic ailments. After thorough evaluation for possible medical ailments...