Development of squamous cell carcinoma in hepatitis C virus-associated lichen planus

S R Porter; G Lodi; K Chandler; N Kumar

doi:10.1016/s0964-1955(96)00041-3

Development of squamous cell carcinoma in hepatitis C virus-associated lichen planus

Oral Oncol. 1997 Jan;33(1):58-9. doi: 10.1016/s0964-1955(96)00041-3.

Authors

S R Porter¹, G Lodi, K Chandler, N Kumar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, London, U.K.

PMID: 9192555
DOI: 10.1016/s0964-1955(96)00041-3

Abstract

The hepatitis C virus may occasionally be associated with oral lichen planus. The present report details the features of a patient with hepatitis C virus infection and oral lichen planus who developed a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
Hepatitis C / complications*
Humans
Lichen Planus, Oral / complications*
Male
Middle Aged
Tongue Neoplasms / complications*