Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: January-March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 213-219
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20230130
Demographic and Clinical Variants of Lichen Planus: A Retrospective Study in Aden, Yemen
Amer Omer Bin Al-Zou
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Aden, Yemen
ABSTRACT
Background: Lichen planus is a group of chronic inflammatory diseases affecting stratified squamous epithelia.
Objective: To determine the demographic characteristics, the clinical variants, and the site involvement and to compare the study results with the findings of the literature.
Materials and methods: The study was based on the retrospective analysis of the medical files of patients who attended two private clinics in Almansoora district, Aden, between the years of 2019 – 2020. SPSS 17 was used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: The study patients were 102 (62.2%) females and 62 (37.8%) males. The age ranged between 20 – 60 years. The age group 41 – 50 had the highest number of patients 56 (34.1%). The involvement of skin only was observed in (58.6%) patients.
Concomitant involvement of mucous membranes with skin was seen in (16.3%) patients, nails with skin in (7.3%), face in (6.1%) and skin + mucous membranes + nail in (4.9%) patients. Classic variants of lichen planus were predominant in (63.4%) patients followed by hypertrophic lichen planus in (15.9%), (p = 0.001). Koebner phenomenon found in (18.3%) patients with lichen planus. The arterial hypertension found in (11.0%) patients followed by diabetes mellitus in (8.6%) patients.
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Keywords: Lichen planus, demographic characteristics, clinical variants, Aden, Yemen.