Prevalence of oral lichen planus in Brazilian patients with HCV infection

Karin Soares Gonçalves Cunha; Angela Corrêa Manso; Abel Silveira Cardoso; Jacqueline Bittencourt Althoff Paixão; Henrique Sérgio M Coelho; Sandra Regina Torres

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.11.017

Prevalence of oral lichen planus in Brazilian patients with HCV infection

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2005 Sep;100(3):330-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.11.017.

Authors

Karin Soares Gonçalves Cunha¹, Angela Corrêa Manso, Abel Silveira Cardoso, Jacqueline Bittencourt Althoff Paixão, Henrique Sérgio M Coelho, Sandra Regina Torres

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PMID: 16122661
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.11.017

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this investigation was to assess the prevalence of oral lichen planus (OLP) in Brazilian patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Study design: The study group consisted of 134 patients with HCV infection. The control group consisted of 95 individuals. All patients were physically examined for evidence of OLP. The diagnosis of OLP was established on the basis of usual clinical features and histological findings.

Results: The prevalence of OLP was 1.5% in patients with HCV infection and 1.1% in the control group. There was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups (P = .63).

Conclusion: Our findings indicate that there is no association between OLP and HCV infection in Brazilian patients from the state of Rio de Janeiro.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis of Variance
Brazil
Case-Control Studies
Female
Hepatitis C / complications*
Humans
Lichen Planus, Oral / complications*
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged