Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases

Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic mucocutaneous disease widely recognized in adults, but uncommon in children. The purpose of this paper is to report two cases of LP in children. The diagnosis was made based on clinical and histopathological findings. The treatment consisted of antifungal and multivit...

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Autores principales: George, Sageena, John, Sheen Ann, Anandaraj, S, Issac, Jyoti Sumi, Harris, Anoop, Reshmi, J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26877733
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author George, Sageena
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Anandaraj, S
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Harris, Anoop
Reshmi, J
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description Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic mucocutaneous disease widely recognized in adults, but uncommon in children. The purpose of this paper is to report two cases of LP in children. The diagnosis was made based on clinical and histopathological findings. The treatment consisted of antifungal and multivitamin therapy. Regression of lesions was observed. The patients are still under follow-up. Although LP is uncommon in children, it is necessary to have adequate knowledge about this condition for proper diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-47491022016-02-12 Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases George, Sageena John, Sheen Ann Anandaraj, S Issac, Jyoti Sumi Harris, Anoop Reshmi, J J Dent (Tehran) Case Report Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic mucocutaneous disease widely recognized in adults, but uncommon in children. The purpose of this paper is to report two cases of LP in children. The diagnosis was made based on clinical and histopathological findings. The treatment consisted of antifungal and multivitamin therapy. Regression of lesions was observed. The patients are still under follow-up. Although LP is uncommon in children, it is necessary to have adequate knowledge about this condition for proper diagnosis and treatment. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4749102/ /pubmed/26877733 Text en Copyright© Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases
title Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases
title_full Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases
title_short Childhood Oral Lichen Planus: Report of Two Cases
title_sort childhood oral lichen planus: report of two cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749102/
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