Allergy to copper derived from dental alloys as a possible cause of oral lesions of lichen planus.
Allergy to copper derived from dental alloys as a possible cause of oral lesions of lichen planus.
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对牙科合金中的铜过敏可能是导致扁平苔藓口腔病变的原因。
作者:
Frykholm Ko;L. Frithiof;Fernstrom Ai;G. Moberger;Blohm Sg;E. Björn
Lichen planus is an inflammatory disease of the skin and/or mucous membranes. The clinical and histological features of oral lesions of lichen planus have been de scribed by Cooke (14), Hällen and Sund berg (27), Shklar and Meyer (47) 1 Shklar and McCarthy (48), Pindborg (43), Herr mann ( 25) and Abramova ( r). Colby, Kerr and Robinson (13) de scribecl the macroscopic appearance of lichen planus involving the buccal mucosa as slightly raised white, fine dots and thin lines (Wickham's striae). There may be extensive white plaques, nodules and ero sive changes. The clinical appearance of lichen planus on the dorsal surface of the tongue is said to resemble that of leuko plakia ( 13). Lesions on the gingiva often form a reticular pattern, giving a lace lat tice work appearance ( 1 4, 48). The various patterns of oral lesions of lichen planus usually occur on an erythcmatous mucosa ( 14). Cases have been encountered in which lichen planus involving the gingiva coexisted with desquamative gingivitis (14, 48). At an early stage the histological changes in lichen planus involving the oral mucosa may be discrete resembling the changes seen in mild non-specific stomatitis. Char acteristic changes in the epithelium and the inflammatory cell infiltrate clo not occur un ti I a later stage, the histological findings being then diagnostic. Andreasen and Pindborg (3) reviewed the literature concerning lichen planus and found that several investigators had ob served malignant changes in oral lesions, the frequency ranging from one to ten per cent. Koberg er al. (32) reviewed 48 pub lished cases in which malignancy devel oped, adding 3 cases which they themselves had observed. Ho,, vever, thc relationship between oral lichen planus and carcinoma has so far not been conclusi.vely demon strated. The clinical differential diagnosis between pre-cancerous lesions of oral tis sues and non-precanccrous lesions presents gn�at difficulties and a tborough examina tion of the patient is most important. The aetiology of lichen planus is not known. Drug reactions may manifest them selves as lichen planus lesions of the skin and mucous membranes [Baker, Hughes and Pcgum (5), Baer and Kopf (4), Dins dalc, Ormerod and Walker (15)]. There is