title: The association of mucocutaneous lichen planus and chronic liver disease.
abstract: A possible association between mucocutaneous lichen planus and chronic liver disease has been previously postulated in the medical literature. Despite the frequency with which lichen planus occurs in the oral cavity, little mention of such a relationship has been made in the dental literature. A case of lichen planus occurring in a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis and a review of the subject are therefore presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fattore
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soltani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000150:complications; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000150:complications*; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000150:complications*