Oral Lichen Planus in a 7-year-old Child: A Rare Case Report

Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease reported most frequently in adults and relatively rare in children with the prevalence being 0.03%. This article reports a case of oral lichen planus (OLP) in a 7-year-old girl without any attendant skin lesions, diagnostic workup, and ma...

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Autores principales: Chinnasamy, Nanthini K, Venugopal, Divyambika C, Sankarapandian, Sathasivasubramanian, Narasimhan, Malathi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7299881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32581487
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1713
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Sumario:Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease reported most frequently in adults and relatively rare in children with the prevalence being 0.03%. This article reports a case of oral lichen planus (OLP) in a 7-year-old girl without any attendant skin lesions, diagnostic workup, and management protocol for the same. This article also emphasizes the need to consider OLP as a differential diagnosis for white lesions of oral mucosa in children. How to cite this article: Chinnasamy NK, Venugopal DC, Sankarapandian S, et al. Oral Lichen Planus in a 7-year-old Child: A Rare Case Report. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2020;13(1):91–93.

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