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Conjunctival lichen planus in a patient with herpes simplex virus keratitis
Michelle B Crosby1, Christopher V Crosby, Ted H Wojno
1Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Purpose:
To report a case of lichen planus in a patient with a history of herpes simplex virus keratitis.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A 60-year-old woman with chronic conjunctivitis and a history of herpes simplex virus keratitis was evaluated for irritation and a plaque on her right upper and lower eyelid palpebral conjunctivae. A surgical excision showed acanthosis and an underlying lichenoid infiltrate with a thickened basement membrane.
Conclusion:
Lichen planus of the conjunctiva can be present in the absence of cicatrization in a patient with chronic irritation of the conjunctiva.
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