A CASE REPORT ON LICHEN PLANUS INVOLVING THE SCALP, SKIN AND ORAL MUCOSA

Abstract

The follicular variant of lichen planus is also known as lichen planopilaris. it is an inflammatory, primary cicatricial alopecia which accounts for 30-40% of scarring alopecia. It usually occurs between 30 to 70 years of age group with a female predominance of varying ratio ranging between 1.8:1 and 9:1. LPP is usually an insidious process evolving over several years. It usually presents as irregular patchy hair loss with loss of follicular ostia and perifollicular erythema and perifollicular scales are typically present at the periphery of active lesions. So, hereby reporting this case for its rarity in occurrence in male patient.