Year 2019 / Volume 111 / Number 8
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Esophageal lichen planus: a rare cause of dysphagia

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2019.6064/2018

Rebeca Irisarri Garde, Erika Borobio Aguilar, Alba Cebrián García,

Abstract
Lichen planus (LP) is an idiopatic inflammatory disorder of mucocutaneous tissue, most frequently involving the skin or oral cavity, and rarely the esophagus, resulting in symptomatic dysphagia. Esophageal lichen planus most commonly presents in middle-aged women and the endoscopic finding are not specific; erosions, exudates, pseudomembranes and even stenosis can be found. Treatment generally starts with oral glucocorticoid. The risk of malignant transformation justifies endoscopic follow-up.
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Publication history

Received: 24/11/2018

Accepted: 12/12/2018

Online First: 18/07/2019

Published: 31/07/2019

Article Online First time: 236 days

Article editing time: 249 days


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