LICHEN PLANUS: REPORT OF AN UNCOMMON CASE IN A PAEDIATRIC PATIENT
SHAILENDRANATH BISWAS
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Pathology, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
RANJAN GHOSH
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Pathology, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
PRIYANKA YADAV
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
BIDYUT CHAKRABORTY
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Pathology, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
SUPRATIM GHOSH
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Pathology, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
VINEET NAIR *
Department of Periodontia, North Bengal Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
ASISH KUMAR DAS
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Oral lichen planus is one of the most common oral mucosal lesions in adults and it has been rarely described in children also. There is data in the literature regarding oral lichen planus in children. In this paper we reported a case of intraoral lesions of lichen planus in a paediatric patient. Lichen planus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hyperkeratotic or erosive lesions of the oral mucosa in children.
Keywords: Hyperkeratosis, lichen planus, mucocutaneous, paediatric