Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip

In this case report, we outline a case of a 36-year-old woman who presented to the dermatology clinic with a history of a hypopigmented macule on her lip. After conducting hepatitis C antibody testing and a shave biopsy, the patient was diagnosed with lichen sclerosus. Because of the increased risk...

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Autores principales: Ohanenye, Chiamaka, Brownstone, Nicholas D, Huang, Simo, Lee, Jason B, Hsu, Sylvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10033245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36968933
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35234
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author Ohanenye, Chiamaka
Brownstone, Nicholas D
Huang, Simo
Lee, Jason B
Hsu, Sylvia
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description In this case report, we outline a case of a 36-year-old woman who presented to the dermatology clinic with a history of a hypopigmented macule on her lip. After conducting hepatitis C antibody testing and a shave biopsy, the patient was diagnosed with lichen sclerosus. Because of the increased risk for squamous cell carcinoma, she underwent an anogenital exam, where no lesions were found.
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spelling pubmed-100332452023-03-24 Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip Ohanenye, Chiamaka Brownstone, Nicholas D Huang, Simo Lee, Jason B Hsu, Sylvia Cureus Dermatology In this case report, we outline a case of a 36-year-old woman who presented to the dermatology clinic with a history of a hypopigmented macule on her lip. After conducting hepatitis C antibody testing and a shave biopsy, the patient was diagnosed with lichen sclerosus. Because of the increased risk for squamous cell carcinoma, she underwent an anogenital exam, where no lesions were found. Cureus 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10033245/ /pubmed/36968933 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35234 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ohanenye et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ohanenye, Chiamaka
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Lee, Jason B
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Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip
title Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip
title_full Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip
title_fullStr Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip
title_full_unstemmed Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip
title_short Lichen Sclerosus of the Lip
title_sort lichen sclerosus of the lip
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10033245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36968933
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35234
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