Clinical, pathological and therapeutic aspects of bullous lichen

Abstract

Lichen planus is a chronic mucocutaneous disease of self-immunological etiology that primarily affects women between 40 and 50 years old. One of its clinical and histopathologic variants is called bullous lichen planus, considered an  atypical lichen. Clinically it manifests as blisters that break easily causing excessive pain. A 60 year-old female patient attended medical consultation with a main complain of burning pain in the vestibular sulcus next to right lower and left upper molars. The burning sensation on the lingual aspect caused difficulties during speaking or eating, as referred by the patient in the anamnesis. Accompaning white and red lesions spread throughout the oral mucosa. Both clinical examination and histopathological biopsy confirmed the pathological findings. A multidisciplinary treatment approach –with dermatologist and pschycoanalist- was established in the following weeks with satisfactory results.