ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Lichen planus is a rare cause of esophagitis and esophageal stricture. It is invariably associated with oral mucosal involvement and the diagnosis has to be considered in these patients who present with dysphagia. We present a case of esophageal stricture secondary to lichen planus.

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Autores principales: Madhusudhan, K S, Sharma, Raju
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19967015
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.39738
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spelling pubmed-27845822009-12-04 ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE Madhusudhan, K S Sharma, Raju Indian J Dermatol Case Report Lichen planus is a rare cause of esophagitis and esophageal stricture. It is invariably associated with oral mucosal involvement and the diagnosis has to be considered in these patients who present with dysphagia. We present a case of esophageal stricture secondary to lichen planus. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2784582/ /pubmed/19967015 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.39738 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ 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 work is properly cited.
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Madhusudhan, K S
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ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
title ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
title_full ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
title_fullStr ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
title_full_unstemmed ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
title_short ESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
title_sort esophageal lichen planus: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19967015
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.39738
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