A Viral Outcome

ISSN: 2147-0634
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2012
Yayıncı: Effect Publishing Agency ( EPA )

Lichen planus is a muco-cutaneous inflammatory disease of unknown origin which affects various regions of the body, mostly skin and oral mucosa. The association of lichen planus with chronic hepatitis C infection is well known, but a primary presentation of chronic hepatitis C infection with lichen planus is quite rare. In this report, a middle aged woman is presented, who had features of isolated severe ulcerating lichen planus of the tongue in whom an eventual diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C infection was made; one which responded to antiviral therapy

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