Diseases

Oral Lichen Planus

Oral lesions accompanying cutaneous lichen planus or often occurring alone. The buccal mucosa, lips, gingivae, floor of the mouth, and palate are usually affected (in a descending order of frequency). Typically, oral lesions consist of radiating white or gray, velvety, threadlike lines, arranged in a reticular pattern, at the intersection of which there may be minute, white, elevated dots or streaks (Wickham's striae). (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry)

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Abstract

Oral lesions accompanying cutaneous lichen planus or often occurring alone. The buccal mucosa, lips, gingivae, floor of the mouth, and palate are usually affected (in a descending order of frequency). Typically, oral lesions consist of radiating white or gray, velvety, threadlike lines, arranged in a reticular pattern, at the intersection of which there may be minute, white, elevated dots or streaks (Wickham's striae). (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry)

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  • Lichen Planus, Oral

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

alone or with cutaneous lichen planus

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Lichen Planus (1966-1993)
  • Mouth Diseases (1966-1993)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C07.465w.397
  2. C17.800w.859w.475w.560w.397

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Oral Lichen Planus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017676. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017676
  2. Oral Lichen Planus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55224805