Lichen planus with bullous manifestation on the lip.
A 75-year-old Caucasian female with a previous history of cutaneous lichen planus (LP) developed vesiculae and blisters on the lip. This special variant of oral LP is very rare and has to be distinguished from LP pemphigoides, bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus vulgaris, erythema multiforme, and herpes simplex virus infection. To date, there are only few reports on bullous oral LP on the lower lip. Although treatment is difficult, we successfully applied a topical combination of tretinoin 0.025% and triamcinolone 0.1%.
van Tuyll van Serooskerken
Anne-Moon
AM
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. atv@sder.azm.nl
van Marion
Arienne M W
AM
de Zwart-Storm
Eugene
E
Frank
Jorge
J
Poblete-Gutiérrez
Pamela
P
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000209:etiology