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Review
. 2002 Dec;94(6):702-6.
doi: 10.1067/moe.2002.129185.

Oral lichen sclerosus et atrophicus: a case report

Thomas Jensen  1 , Nils Worsaae, Birgitte Melgaard
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Oral lichen sclerosus et atrophicus: a case report

Thomas Jensen et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA) is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease usually affecting the female genitalia. Involvement of the oral mucosa is extremely rare but is sometimes the only manifestation of the disease. A review of the literature has disclosed only 10 histopathologically verified cases of oral LSA. We present another case with a solitary oral LSA lesion and summarize the current knowledge about this rare oral mucosal lesion.

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