Oesophageal lichen planus

• Autor(es): Souto, P ; Sofia, C ; Pina-Cabral, JE ; Castanheira, A ; Saraiva, S ; Tellechea, O ; Donato, A ; Freitas, D
• Data: 1997
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/581
• Origem: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Assunto(s): Líquen Plano Oral; Doenças do Esófago
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Lichen planus is a common skin and mucosal disease, with very rare symptomatic oesophageal involvement. We report a case of painful dysphagia due to oesophageal lichen planus in a 60-year-old woman who also had oral, cutaneous and genital lichen planus lesions. Steroid treatment produced considerable improvement of all lesions and a rapid symptomatic remission.