objective: this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of lichenoid reactions to anti hyperglycemic agents. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study, we examined the oral mucosa of 411 patients at the age of 29 to 85 in 3 groups who consumed various antihyperglycemic agents. results: in overall, 31 patients had lichenoid reactions (12 patients taking glibenc...

Sir, Cutaneous drug reactions have a wide variety of clinical features. Lichenoid drug eruptions (LDE) are rare and it may be difficult to differentiate them from idiopathic lichen planus (1, 2). Gold, quinine, quinidine and penicillamine are well-known inducers of such eruptions (1, 2), but there are only a few reports of lichenoid eruption induced by 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HM...

Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction or type IV allergic reaction can cause different oral manifestations. They can be localized or diffusely visible on oral mucosa and usually appear 24-72 hours after antigen input. The antigens that cause this type of reaction are mostly external, such as contact allergens (particularly metals) and drugs. It has been shown that the most common oral manifest...

Aim: Lymphocytic vasculitis is a morphological term which includes clinically heterogenous diseases like connective tissue disease, infection, lichenoid diseases, drug reaction, Behçet’s disease, superficial thrombophlebitis and leukemic vasculitis. There are three forms of lymphocytic vasculitis : angiodestructive form, lichenoid lymphocytic vasculitis and lymphocytic endovasculitis. There is ...

A woman aged 23 years, with no past medical history of interest, was seen for the appearance a week earlier of pruritic skin lesions in the area of a tattoo created on the dorsum of her right foot 6 months earlier (Fig. 1). The patient denied taking any new medication or applying any topical products. There were no lesions on the rest of her skin or mucosas or lesions of the skin appendages. De...

Adresa za dopisivanje Kobkan Thongprasom Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Dentistry Oral Medicine Department Bangkok 10330, Thailand tel: +66-2-2188942 faks: +66-2-2188941 [email protected] Sažetak Pacijentica u dobi od 54 godine bila je primljena s jakim bolovima u gingivi i obraznim sluznicama. Oralnim pregledom uočene su plamenocrvene desni i ulcerirane lezije s bijelim strijama prekri...