Reatment of Oral Erosive Lichen Planus with Griseofulvin

Chung,  Sung-Chang; Kim,  Ki-Suk; Im,  Dong-Woo

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 25(7); 1987 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1987;25(7):673-678.
Published online July 31, 1987.

미란성 구강편평태선(oral erosive lichen planus)에 대한 griseofulvin의 치료효과

정성창¹, 김기석², 임동우³

^¹서울대학교 치과대학 구강진단 및 구강내과학교실
^²조선대학교 치과대학 구강진단 및 구강내과학교실
^³임동우치과의원

Reatment of Oral Erosive Lichen Planus with Griseofulvin

Sung-Chang Chung¹, Ki-Suk Kim², Dong-Woo Im³

¹Dept. of Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
²Dept. of Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Chosun University
³Im, Dong Woo Dental Clinic

Abstract

Oral lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disease of adult onset. Current therapeutic modalities for severs oral erosive lichen planus are still generally unsatisfactory. A case of 53 year-old female patient with severe oral erosive lichen planus is reported in which the lesion showed the dramatic improvement without serious adverse effects upon using griseofulvin.