Oesophageal lichen planus

• Author(s): Souto, P ; Sofia, C ; Pina-Cabral, JE ; Castanheira, A ; Saraiva, S ; Tellechea, O ; Donato, A ; Freitas, D
• Date: 1997
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/581
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Líquen Plano Oral; Doenças do Esófago
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

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.