A study on incidence of oral lesions in lichen planus

Abstract

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> This study was done<strong> </strong>to evaluate the incidence of oral lesions in different types of lichen planus.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A total of 30 patients clinically diagnosed with any form of lichen planus were subjected to a clinical examination and evaluated for the presence of oral lesions.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 30 patients in this study with predominantly females, oral involvement was seen in 17 patients with a slight male preponderance. Lichen planus was seen commonly between the ages of 20 and 40 with the incidence of oral lesions following the same trend.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> This study has statistically proven the significance of oral involvement in cutaneous lichen planus and was done to highlight the importance of the same. Oral lichen planus can be a forerunner of genital involvement as well as malignancies and it is important to keep this in mind while examining a case of lichen planus.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>