title: A case of lichen ruber planus in a patient with familial multiple sclerosis.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis and lichen ruber planus are clinically and histologically distinct complex disorders of putative autoimmune aetiology that are fairly commonly observed in isolation but rarely found in combination. Only two previous reports have described lichen skin disorders in association with multiple sclerosis. The present report describes the case of a 51-year-old Caucasian woman exhibiting both familial multiple sclerosis and lichen ruber planus. This combination may have occurred by chance or it might imply that these disorders share common mechanisms in their pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sepić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ristić
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Perković
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brinar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipozencić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crnić-Martinović
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Starcević Cizmarević
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janko Labinac
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapović
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peterlin
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics