Oral lesions accompanying cutaneous lichen planus or often occurring alone. The buccal mucosa, lips, gingivae, floor of the mouth, and palate are usually affected (in a descending order of frequency). Typically, oral lesions consist of radiating white or gray, velvety, threadlike lines, arranged in a reticular pattern, at the intersection of which there may be minute, white, elevated dots or streaks (Wickham's striae). (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry)

Annotation

alone or with cutaneous lichen planus

DUI

D017676 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0026733

Previous indexing

Mouth Diseases (1966-1993); Lichen Planus (1966-1993)

History note

94

Public note

94