title: Oral lichen sclerosus et atrophicus: a case report.
abstract: Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (LSA) is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease usually affecting the female genitalia. Involvement of the oral mucosa is extremely rare but is sometimes the only manifestation of the disease. A review of the literature has disclosed only 10 histopathologically verified cases of oral LSA. We present another case with a solitary oral LSA lesion and summarize the current knowledge about this rare oral mucosal lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark. u00250@aas.nja.dk
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Worsaae
authors.forename: Birgitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melgaard
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018459:Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / Q000473:pathology*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology