Treatment of esophageal stricture due to lichen planus with intralesional corticosteroid injection.
Herein we presented a male patient with esophageal stricture due to lichen planus successfully treated with repeated injections of intralesional triamcinolone and review the current literature on esophageal lichen planus with special emphasis on its treatment.
Department of Gastroenterology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Aydin S
AS
Köksal
Hakan
H
Yildiz
Bülent
B
Odemiş
Ayşegül
A
Sengül
D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014221:Triamcinolone