Planus means flat. Lichen means a flat plant that grows on a rock and is a combination of a fungus or mold and an alga (AL-jah), which is a kind of seaweed or pond scum. Curiously, the word lichen ...

The "Clinical Snapshot" series provides a concise examination of a clinical presentation including history, treatment, patient education, and nursing measures. Using the format here, you are invited ...

Gold-containing dental implants may have caused an allergic reaction in a 64-year-old woman's mouth that developed into the chronic inflammatory disease oral lichen planus. The case report was ...