title: Oral lichen planus and chronic active hepatitis B: a salutary tale.
abstract: Oral lichen planus is occasionally associated with chronic active hepatitis or primary biliary cirrhosis. This paper describes a patient who presented with oral lichen planus and proved to have chronic active hepatitis, evidently related to hepatitis B virus infection. Oral lichen planus appears occasionally to be associated with systemic infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C viruses, particularly in patients from southern Europe.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Odontology, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged