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Case 3 - Oral Lichen Planus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2019

By
Llucia Alos  and
Paola Castillo
Edited by
Alessandro Franchi
Alessandro Franchi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Summary

An 84-year-old woman presented reticulate, lace-like and white keratotic bilateral lesions in the oral mucosa. No bullous or ulcerated lesions were observed (Figure 1). The diagnosis of oral lichen planus (OLP) was suspected and one lesion was biopsied.

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Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck Pathology , pp. 8 - 9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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