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1606762

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Lichen sclerosus is a skin condition affecting all areas of the body at all ages and in both sexes. It appears to be a histologic and clinical entity, although in very many respects it is close to lichen planus and morphea. Its cause and pathogenesis are not established, but a link with autoimmune disease is recognized. Its predilection for the anogenital area in women has led to an unfortunate dichotomy between dermatologists and gynecologists. This was a potent source of confusion for many years but has now been resolved with a the recent formulation of a classification acceptable to the ISSVD (representing gynecologists, dermatologists, and pathologists) and the ISGyP (see Appendices). It is hoped that management will now be more logical, with the mainstay being emollients and topical corticosteroids, and that the vulvectomies sometimes performed for benign disease have become a thing of the past. There is almost certainly an increased risk of malignancy in lichen sclerosus, albeit at present an unquantifiable one, and for that reason patients should be kept under review.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0733-8635
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Lichen sclerosus.
pubmed:affiliation
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, London, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review