구강 편평 태선 152예의 임상 병리학적 검색

Abstract

Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) is a relatively common chronic dermatologic disease that often affects the oral mucosa. OLP is of particlar interest to dentists due to its high prevalence and its preceding occurrence in the oral cavity. One hundred and fifth-two cases of OLP confirmed at the Department of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University, between 1986 and 1999 were reviewed with respect to clinicopathologic parameters such as age, gender, site of involvement, chief complaint and clinical manifestations at the first admission, and histopathologic findings. The purpose of this study was to provide dental school students and dentists with demographic data of OLP involving Korean subjects. OLP occurrd more frequently in female than in male with the ratio of female of 1: 1.62. They occurred over a wide age rang from 22 to 77 with average of 52.1, most commonly in the 6th decade. The most common site was the buccal mucosa(70.9%), followed by the tongue(12.6%), the gingive(9.3%), the labial mucosa, and others. The most common chief complaint was pain, experienced by 97 patients(64.2%). Patients with OLP in this series presented more commonly white reticular or linear pattern(55.9%) than ulcerative or erosive one(24.6%).