Lichen Sclerosus

Overview

Journal J Am Acad Dermatol

Specialty Dermatology

Date 1995 Mar 1

PMID 7868709

Citations 46

Authors

J J Meffert

B M Davis

R E Grimwood

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Abstract

Lichen sclerosus, usually appearing in the dermatologic literature under the names of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, balanitis xerotica obliterans, and kraurosis vulvae, is an inflammatory disease with a multifactorial origin. A past association of lichen sclerosus and genital squamous cell carcinoma is not as close as once thought. Once considered primarily a surgical problem, especially when the genitals were involved, lichen sclerosus will respond to a variety of systemic and topical therapies.

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