Lichen sclerosus of soft palate: A rare case report.
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2016-04
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Abstract
Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a rare disease affecting the skin and the mucous
membrane, and it is chronic inflammatory in nature. It occurs in both males and
females, but mainly affects females in the fifth or sixth decade of life. It mainly
involves the genital and perianal areas but can affect any part of the body and
the involvement of the oral mucosa is exceptionally rare, but sometimes it affects
only the oral mucosa. It requires differentiating from other lesions of the oral
cavity which looks similar to this lesion. In considering the rarity of the reported
cases, the present article reports one more case of LS affecting the soft palate
in an edentulous 66 year‑old male patient.
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Lichen sclerosus, oral cavity, soft palate
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Tupsakhare Suyog, Patil Kishor, Patil Ashok, Sonune Shrikant. Lichen sclerosus of soft palate: A rare case report. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2016 Apr-June 59(2): 216-219.