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Universidade Estadual de Maringá
2017
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- Association between oral lichen planus and hepatitis C: retrospective study and case report Camila Strada da Silva Willian Pecin Jacomacci Helder Fernando Borges Junior Lilian Cristina Vessoni Iwaki Vanessa Cristina Veltrini Elen de Souza Tolentino Medicina hepatite C Líquen plano epidemiologia Oral Lichen Planus (OLP), a chronic infl ammatory disease of unknown etiology, which affects the skin and/or mucosal tissues, is an autoimmune disease (pathology) of special interest to dentists due to its oral manifestations an d its possible association with Hepa titis C virus (HCV). Although a possible association has been extensivel y discussed in the literature, the re sults have been controversial. So that the relationship between Oral Lichen Pla nus (OLP) and infection by HCV (OLP-HCV) may be investigated, current study conducted an epidemiological survey of all OLP cases diagnosed in two reference projects, with regard to diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology of oral lesions in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. In addition, the clinical case of a patient with HCV and the clinical manifestation of severe OLP will be provided. A total of 3,488 clinic al records of biopsies performed between 1994 and 2014 and 85 cases of OLP were selected for the present st udy. The reticular type of OLP showed significant prevalence but only 2.3% of OLP cases revealed any association with HCV. 2017 artículo científico 1679-9291 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307251077014 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3072/307251077014/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3072/307251077014/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3072/307251077014/307251077014.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3072/307251077014/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3072 Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.39