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🌿 Lichen Planus (LP) – Key Points

🔹 6 P’s (Classic Features)

• Planar (सपाट)

• Purple (बैंगनी रंग)

• Polygonal (बहुभुज आकार)

• Pruritic (खुजलीदार)

• Papular (उभरे हुए दाने)

• Persistent (लंबे समय तक रहने वाले)

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🔹 Other Features (अन्य लक्षण)

• Wickham’s striae (सफेद जाली जैसी रेखाएं)

• Common sites: wrists, ankles, mouth, scalp, nails, genitals

• Oral LP may cause burning, ulcers – risk of cancer in chronic cases

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🔹 Cause (कारण)

• Autoimmune reaction (इम्यून सिस्टम की गड़बड़ी)

• Triggers: Medicines, Stress, Hepatitis C, Trauma

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🔹 Diagnosis (निदान)

• Clinical (6 P’s + Wickham’s striae)

• Biopsy: Saw-tooth pattern, lymphocyte infiltration

• Immunofluorescence (in doubtful cases)

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🔹 Management (इलाज)

✅ Reassurance + Avoid triggers
✅ Topical steroids, tacrolimus
✅ Antihistamines for itching
✅ Severe cases → Oral steroids, immunosuppressants, phototherapy
⚠️ Oral LP → Regular follow-up (risk of malignancy)

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Radha Krishna Hospital, Kota & Baran
👨‍⚕️ Dr. Kamlesh Agrawal, MD Medicine (25 yrs exp.)
📞 8078615317