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Líquen plano

Última revisão das evidências: 19 Jul 2026
Última atualização do tópico: 20 Dec 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • prurido
  • pápulas ou placas violáceas, com a parte superior achatada
  • estrias de Wickham
  • erosões da mucosa e rede estriada e esbranquiçada
  • alopecia cicatricial
  • comprometimento ungueal
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • pterígio dorsal
  • história de hepatite C (HCV)
Detalhes completos

Fatores de risco

  • hepatite C (em algumas populações de pacientes)
  • polimorfismo -308 G/A no gene fator de necrose tumoral (TNF)-alfa
  • vacinação contra hepatite B
  • vacinação contra gripe (influenza)
  • vacinação contra a doença do coronavírus de 2019 (COVID-19)
  • estresse psicossocial
  • alérgenos orais
  • uso de determinados medicamentos
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • diagnóstico clínico
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • histopatologia
  • rastreamento de hepatite C (HCV)
  • imunofluorescência
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

doença cutânea

doença do couro cabeludo

doença oral

doença genital

doença ungueal

Colaboradores

Autores

Deepani Munidasa, MBBS, MD

Consultant Dermatologist

Department of Dermatology

Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital

Anuradhapura

Sri Lanka

Disclosures

DM declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Deepani Munidasa would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Susan Cooper, Dr Rebecca Dunn, Dr Julia S. Lehman, Dr Megha M. Tollefson, and Dr Lawrence E. Gibson, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

SC is chair of the British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease and receives royalties for contributions to UpToDate. RD, JSL, MMT, and LEG declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Brian Swick, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of Iowa College of Medicine

Iowa City

IA

Disclosures

BS declares that he has no competing interests.

David Cassarino, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of California

Los Angeles

CA

Disclosures

DC declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice bulletin no. 224: diagnosis and management of vulvar skin disorders. Jul 2020 [internet publication].Full text  Abstract

Edwards SK, Bates CM, Lewis F, et al. 2014 UK national guideline on the management of vulval conditions. Int J STD AIDS. 2015 Aug;26(9):611-24. Abstract

Ioannides D, Vakirlis E, Kemeny L, et al. European S1 guidelines on the management of lichen planus: a cooperation of the European Dermatology Forum with the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Jul;34(7):1403-14.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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