Complication of lichen sclerosus [Liken sklerozus komplikasyonu]

• Main Authors: Hulya Cenk, Hamdi Ozcan, Nurhan Sahin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of TURAZ AKADEMI 2017-03-01
• Series: Medicine Science
• Subjects: Vulvar lichen sclerosus; neoplasms; squamous cell
• Online Access: http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=226936

Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic, inflammatory disease which is mostly located to genital region, usually in women. Etiology of the disease is not exactly understood. It can be asymptomatic or it may also cause itching, scarring or malignity development. Diagnosis of LS is clinical but in some cases, a biopsy may be necessary. The cases who have cellular atypia besides the expected usual findings in the biopsy are considered to be risky for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) development. Here in this case, the biopsy result from a forty-nine-year-old female patient with a complaint of resistant genital itching and afterwards development of a small tumoral structure has shown SCC findings. We presented this case for taking attentions to the malignity risk on the basis of LS and promoting alertness and early diagnosis. [Med-Science 2017; 6(1.000): 128-30]