ORAL LICHEN PLANUS (OLP) AND MALIGNANAT TRANSFORMATION: A CASE REPORT

Dizen F., BEKTAŞ KAYHAN K., Boy Z., Unur M.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, vol.40, no.3-4, pp.49-52, 2006 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 3-4
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.49-52
  • Keywords: Oral liken planus, malign transformasyon, premalign durum
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OLP is a relatively common, chromic inflamrmatory disease of the mucous membranes affecting between 0.5% and 2.2% of population in epidemiological studies. The bucoal tongue and gingiva are the most collusion sites. whereas palatal lesions arts uncommon. OLP has been found satisfy Liar the WHO criteria of a prentalignant condition. majority of it have revealed a malignant fation rate OLP of 0.5-2% over a 5-year period. In this paper we presented a case of oral lichen plants which planus showed malign transformation after in follow-up period.