Reticular Lichen planus in young female: Rare case study

Rohan Sachdev,Kriti Garg,Sekhar Mukherjee

doi:10.12944/edj.01.01.04

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Abstract

Lichen planus is a chronic autoimmune disorder of mucosa and skin, mainly females in their forty to sixty years and rare in young age group. Etiology is still unknown; certain triggering factors include mental stress, medicines and systemic disorders. Oral Lichen planus is a painful disorder; mainly involve the buccal mucosa of the oral cavity. The reticular pattern is most common while atrophic and erosive type of oral lichen planus are less common. Here we present a rare case of a reticular lichen planus involving the right buccal mucosa and tongue of 18 years old female patient without any cutaneous lesions.

Highlights

The term lichen originates from greek signifies moss while planus signifies no raised surface
Oral lichen planus is rarely present in children, very few reports on this have present are present [records from PubMed Cental only 3 cases of reticular lichen planus have been reported among 8 and 10 years old children from 2010 to 2019.5 Oral lichen planus has been present in six clinical appearances including reticular, atrophic, plaque, papular, erosive and bullous types
Oral lichen planus (OLP) occurrence rate is between 0.6 - 2.5 % the mainly appear in the age range 35 to 65 years, with women in majoirty.[10,11,12]

Summary

Introduction

The term lichen originates from greek signifies moss while planus signifies no raised surface. Common sites of involvement are the buccal mucosa, dorsum of the tongue and rarely of gingiva.[6] The aetiology of the oral lichen planus is idiopathic; appears to be multi-factorial in few patients. Auto generated killer CD8 + T-cells activate the degradation of oral epithelial layer.[10] We reporting a case study of reticular lichen planus, in 18years old female which is a rare occurance. Oral hygiene instructions were given to patient and she was recalled after 15 days for follow up The recovery was satisfactory and following the duration of two months the striae had healed completely and the patient was appeared normal.[Fig-3,4] On further follow up of 3months interval till six months no incident of repetition was seen

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Reticular oral lichen planus