Oral Lichen Planus in a Patient With a Thymoma: A Rare Finding

We present a rare case of ulcerative oral lichen planus that was associated with a thymoma discovered during the management phase, seven months after the initial diagnosis of oral lichen planus. Thymectomy was performed and investigations revealed pure red cell aplasia. Although rare, the associatio...

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Autores principales: Gubod, EB Robson, Ramanathan, Anand, Mohamad Zaini, Zuraiza, Warnakulasuriya, Saman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Allergy/Immunology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8457309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584786
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17376
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author Gubod, EB Robson
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Warnakulasuriya, Saman
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description We present a rare case of ulcerative oral lichen planus that was associated with a thymoma discovered during the management phase, seven months after the initial diagnosis of oral lichen planus. Thymectomy was performed and investigations revealed pure red cell aplasia. Although rare, the association of a thymoma should be considered in recording the medical history of patients presenting with oral lichen planus.
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spelling pubmed-84573092021-09-27 Oral Lichen Planus in a Patient With a Thymoma: A Rare Finding Gubod, EB Robson Ramanathan, Anand Mohamad Zaini, Zuraiza Warnakulasuriya, Saman Cureus Allergy/Immunology We present a rare case of ulcerative oral lichen planus that was associated with a thymoma discovered during the management phase, seven months after the initial diagnosis of oral lichen planus. Thymectomy was performed and investigations revealed pure red cell aplasia. Although rare, the association of a thymoma should be considered in recording the medical history of patients presenting with oral lichen planus. Cureus 2021-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8457309/ /pubmed/34584786 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17376 Text en Copyright © 2021, Gubod 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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Oral Lichen Planus in a Patient With a Thymoma: A Rare Finding
title Oral Lichen Planus in a Patient With a Thymoma: A Rare Finding
title_full Oral Lichen Planus in a Patient With a Thymoma: A Rare Finding
title_fullStr Oral Lichen Planus in a Patient With a Thymoma: A Rare Finding
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title_short Oral Lichen Planus in a Patient With a Thymoma: A Rare Finding
title_sort oral lichen planus in a patient with a thymoma: a rare finding
topic Allergy/Immunology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8457309/
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