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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1197-1199
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Oral Erosive Lichen Planus Regression After Thymoma Resection

Antonio Bobbio, MD, PhDa,*, Paolo Vescovi, MD, PhDb, Luca Ampollini, MDa, Michele Rusca, MDa

a Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
b Oral Pathology and Medicine Unit, Department of Dental-Ophthalmologic and Cervico-facial Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Accepted for publication August 9, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Bobbio, U.O. Chirurgia Toracica, Università di Parma Viale Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy (Email: antonio.bobbio{at}unipr.it).

Thymomas are neoplasms known to be frequently associated with autoimmune disorders. Oral lichen planus is an immunologically based, chronic inflammatory oral mucosal disease of undetermined cause. We describe a 79-year-old patient with a 6-month history of generalized oral erosive lichen planus in whom a chest roentgenogram led to the discovery of an anterior mediastinal mass consistent with thymoma. Transsternal complete thymoma resection achieved erosive oral lichen planus regression. The clinical correlations between erosive oral lichen planus and thymoma are presented.






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