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Definition of Lichen planus
1. Noun. An eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs.
Medical Definition of Lichen planus
1. A primary disorder of the skin resulting in violaceous, polygonal, flat skin lesions that often pruritic (itchy). Seen commonly on the wrists, shins, lower back and genitalia. Involvement of the scalp may lead to hair loss. The cause of lichen planus is unknown, but may occur after the use of a drug (thiazide diuretics, phenothiazines, antimalarials). Treatment with topical corticosteroids is common. In most patients, spontaneous regression of the disease will be seen 6 months to 2 years after onset. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lichen Planus
Literary usage of Lichen planus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"36, 1885) the fact that lichen planus is met with on the glana penis, as well as
upon the mucous membrane of the mouth, etc., as indicating the ..."
2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"Cases of lichen planus have, as I think, for example, in Saville's report, been
regarded as ... The granular layer, so notably increased in lichen planus, ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1889)
"In doubtful cases lichen planus and lichen ruber are to be ... That lesions
resembling in form those of lichen ruber and lichen planus exist in other ..."
4. Diseases of the skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1917)
"lichen planus. Synonym.—Lichen ruber planus. Definition.—lichen planus is an
inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by the presence of glistening, ..."
5. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"lichen planus of moderate development, in a woman aged twenty-five, ... In occasional
instances this ring-like tendency (annular lichen planus) in several ..."
6. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1918)
"lichen planus In this condition the common lesion is an eruption of small, ...
175) describes certain variant forms of lichen planus which might escape ..."
7. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"lichen planus is an inflammatory dermatosis, in which are displayed multiple,
... In a typical case of lichen planus, the primary lesions are pinpoint- to ..."
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