Bilateral lower eyelid margin erosion associated with lichen planus.
A 32-year-old woman presented with bilateral lower eyelid margin erosion and erythema of several years' duration. She reported no improvement with the use of topical corticosteroid therapy. A full-thickness excisional biopsy was performed, and the histopathology of the specimens was consistent with lichen planus.
Ma'luf
Riad N
RN
Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. RMALUF@cyberia.net.lb
El-Shareef
Myrna M
MM
Hamade
Issam H
IH
Shabb
Nina S
NS
Kibbi
Abdul Ghani
AG
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery