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Prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population

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 male...

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Autores principales: Mostafa, Basma, Ahmed, Enji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicina Oral S.L. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810846
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.51875
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description 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 identified both clinically and confirmed histologically (in atypical cases) so that the prevalence of oral lichen planus in this study is 1.43%. Results: 64 patients were diagnosed with OLP (20 males and 44 females). The average age of the affected group was 48.07 years. Associated skin lesions were detected in 15/64 patients (23.44%) and tobacco habits was observed in 20/64 patients (31.25%). The average period of follow-up of the affected cases was 1-2 years, during which two cases developed squamous cell carcinoma of the oral lesion. Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study it revealed the prevalence of OLP among middle-aged women. Atrophic lesions were most frequent, followed by the erosive forms. Anti-HCV circulating antibodies were more common in patients with OLP and, notably, OLP was associated with Diabetes mellitus in 15.63% of patients. Key words:Prevalence, oral lichen planus, Egypt.
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spelling pubmed-43680222015-03-25 Prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population Mostafa, Basma Ahmed, Enji J Clin Exp Dent Research 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 identified both clinically and confirmed histologically (in atypical cases) so that the prevalence of oral lichen planus in this study is 1.43%. Results: 64 patients were diagnosed with OLP (20 males and 44 females). The average age of the affected group was 48.07 years. Associated skin lesions were detected in 15/64 patients (23.44%) and tobacco habits was observed in 20/64 patients (31.25%). The average period of follow-up of the affected cases was 1-2 years, during which two cases developed squamous cell carcinoma of the oral lesion. Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study it revealed the prevalence of OLP among middle-aged women. Atrophic lesions were most frequent, followed by the erosive forms. Anti-HCV circulating antibodies were more common in patients with OLP and, notably, OLP was associated with Diabetes mellitus in 15.63% of patients. Key words:Prevalence, oral lichen planus, Egypt. Medicina Oral S.L. 2015-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4368022/ /pubmed/25810846 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.51875 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ 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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title Prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population
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title_fullStr Prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population
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title_short Prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810846
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.51875
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