Abstract

VILLARROEL, M; CORRENTI, M; MATA DE HENNING, M  and  DELGADO, R. Estudio descriptivo de un grupo de pacientes con Liquen Plano bucal. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2000, vol.38, n.1, pp.50-55. ISSN 0001-6365.

It is accepted that the Lichen planus is an entity that has implication in the mucosa and that its primary manifestation and inclusive the only one could be in oral mucosa, therefore its importance in the area of oral medicine. Eighteen patients with oral Lichen Planus were diagnosed and treated. The mean of age was 60 years, corresponding 94,4% to female sex. The type of oral Lichen Planus that was presented with more frequency was the Reticular one (55,6%), the appearance areas were the cheeks (77,8%) and one patient only presented cutaneous lesions. The frequently associate systemic condition was the menopause and relationship was not observed with the diabetes, hypertension or tabacco habits. All the patients were treated with corticosteroids at topical level.

Keywords : Oral lichen planus; lichen planus; oral mucosa; oral lesions.