Oral Lichen Planus in a 7-year-old Child: A Rare Case Report

Nanthini K Chinnasamy; Divyambika C Venugopal; Sathasivasubramanian Sankarapandian; Malathi Narasimhan

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1713

Oral Lichen Planus in a 7-year-old Child: A Rare Case Report

Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2020 Jan-Feb;13(1):91-93. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1713.

Authors

Nanthini K Chinnasamy¹, Divyambika C Venugopal¹, Sathasivasubramanian Sankarapandian¹, Malathi Narasimhan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease reported most frequently in adults and relatively rare in children with the prevalence being 0.03%. This article reports a case of oral lichen planus (OLP) in a 7-year-old girl without any attendant skin lesions, diagnostic workup, and management protocol for the same. This article also emphasizes the need to consider OLP as a differential diagnosis for white lesions of oral mucosa in children. How to cite this article: Chinnasamy NK, Venugopal DC, Sankarapandian S, et al. Oral Lichen Planus in a 7-year-old Child: A Rare Case Report. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2020;13(1):91-93.

Keywords: Children; Lichen planus; Oral mucosa.

Publication types

Case Reports