Oral lichen planus and chronic active hepatitis B: a salutary tale
Jorge, J.; Lopes, M.A.; de Almeida, O.P.; Scully, C.
Dental Update 21(8): 335-337
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0305-5000 PMID: 7641956 Document Number: 437463
Oral lichen planus is occasionally associated with chronic active hepatitis or primary biliary cirrhosis. This paper describes a patient who presented with oral lichen planus and proved to have chronic active hepatitis, evidently related to hepatitis B virus infection. Oral lichen planus appears occasionally to be associated with systemic infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C viruses, particularly in patients from southern Europe.