...Natalia Pelet del Toro; Andrew Strunk; Amit Garg; George Han Background: Case identification strategies to conduct population-based studies have not been developed for lichen planus (LP) or lichen planopilaris (LPP). Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the validity of using diagnostic...

...Sara Bahaa Mahmoud; Marwa Kadry Anwar; Olfat Gamil Shaker; Dina Ahmed El Sharkawy Background: Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory mucocutaneous disease. Interleukin (IL)-17 is the signature cytokine of T-helper 17 cells, involved in the aetiology of many autoimmune...

..., pseudolymphomatous or less specific with a dermal lympho-histiocytic or plasmocytic infiltrate. Other diagnoses included tattoo blow-out (13%), melanoma within a tattoo, naevi within a tattoo (10% each), lichen planus (6%), granulomatous reaction with uveitis, sarcoidosis and dermatofibroma (3% each). Allergic...

... concentrations in lichen planus (LP) patients. Methods: This study was conducted with 86 cases, including 43 LP patients and 43 healthy controls. Cardiovascular risk factors, haematological and biochemical parameters, and endocan levels were evaluated. Results: The serum endocan concentrations of LP patients...

...Adel Alsenaid; Irina Eder; Thomas Ruzicka; Markus Braun-Falco; Ronald Wolf Background: Treatment of nail lichen planus (LP) is difficult and an optimal therapy is lacking. Objective: To report additional cases to the scant existing literature to learn more about therapeutic options for nail LP...

...Y. Mizukawa; C. Horie; Y. Yamazaki; T. Shiohara Background: Distinctions between ‘linear lichen planus’ (LP) and ‘zosteriform LP’ are difficult to determine solely based on clinical findings. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine whether the presence of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV...

...H. Ebner Case report of a 63-year-old female with lichen planus. In addition to the typical, papular skin and mucosal lesions, bullous-ulcerative changes with onychatrophy were present on the feet, as well as follicular papules with cicatricial alopecia. This rare form of lichen planus, which...

... Synacthen-depot Drug eruption Duhring-Brocq disease Chronic dermatosis Lichen planus L ACTH employée il y a une vingtaine d'années, a été abandonnée peu à peu, au profit des corticostéroïdes en raison surtout des accidents allergiques qu il provoquait. Par la découverte d une ACTH synthétique, cet incon­...

... to lichen planus is discussed. 28 01 1974 23 04 1974 15 10 2009 Lichen planus Ashy dermatosis Erythema dyschromicum perstans Pigmentio macularis perstans Lichen pigmentosus Dermatosis cinicienta Lichen planus pigmentosus © 1974 S. Karger AG, Basel 1974 Copyright / Drug...

...V.N. Sehgal; R. Bikhchandani; R.V. Koranne; M. Nayar; H.M.K. Saxena In a double-blind trial on 44 patients having lichen planus, 500 mg griseofulvin-FP daily for 8 weeks produced significantly better results compared to a placebo. The clinical improvement was accompanied by corresponding...

...George C. Laskaris; Stathis S. Papavasiliou; Olga D. Bovopoulou; George D. Nicolis In this paper, we describe a case of lichen planus of the mouth with intense melanosis, in a middle-aged white male. Due to its unusual clinical characteristics, we believe that this case represents a rare variant...

...A. Varelzidis; A. Tosca; A. Perissios; J. Capetanakis An immunohistochemical study has been undertaken on 25 biopsy specimens taken from lichen planus lesions, using antisera against human fibrin, immunoglobulins IgG, IgA, IgM and C3 (BjC/BjA) complement component. The findings of the present...

.... Vitiligo Alopecia areata Morphaea Lichen planus Onychodystrophy Dermatologica 159: 356-360 (1979) Coincidence of Vitiligo, Alopecia areata, Onychodystrophy, Localized Scleroderma and Lichen planus Wilhelm Brenner, Edgar Diem and Fritz Gschnait Department of Dermatology 1 (Chairman: Prof. Dr. J...

...Wiltrud Scheiber; Gerd Plewig 27 patients with lichen planus mucosae or erosive lichen planus mucosae were treated with two vitamin A acid derivatives, 13-cis-retinoic acid or an aromatic retinoid. 20 patients were definitively improved or healed. The treatment was especially effective in erosive...

...P. Souteyrand; A.M. Pierini; R. Fernandez-Bussy; J. Thivolet; F. Cambazard The immunofluorescence studies in 12 cases of bullous lichen planus (LP) are reviewed. The clinical and immunological findings suggest that there are two different forms of bullous LP: firstly, LP vesiculosus which...

... aspect. The relationship between lichen nitidus and lichen planus is briefly discussed. 24 01 1980 28 01 1980 14 10 2009 © 1981 S. Karger AG, Basel 1981 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other...

... of any unspecific rash in elderly patients. Beta-blocking agents Dermatitis Drug-induced eruption Psoriasis Lichen planus Lupus erythematosus Oculocutaneous syndrome Pruritus 14 10 2009 © 1981 S. Karger AG, Basel 1981 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights...

...P. Morel; J. Perron; B. Crickx; Y. Barrandon; J. Civatte Report of 4 cases of clinically and histologically typical lichen planus with a linear IgG and C3 deposit at the dermal-epidermal junction in involved (4/4) and healthy (2/2) skin, as detected by direct immunofluorescence. Indirect...

...Marcelo Grunwald; Michael David; Eleasar J. Feuerman We hereby present a case report of a patient suffering from lichen planus and who, while under treatment with isoniazide, developed skin lesions and serologic abnormality which were typical of lupus erythematosus. Laboratory data and course...

...S.A. Buechner Skin lesions from 6 patients with lichen planus were studied for the presence of T cells and T cell subsets using monoclonal antibodies and indirect immunoperoxidase technique. Small numbers of Leu-2a-reactive suppressor-cytotoxic cells were present early in the basal cell layer in 2...