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spelling Boyd MD, Alan S. Nanney PhD, Lillian B. King Jr MD, PhD, Lloyd E. 0011-9059 1365-4632 Wiley Dermatology http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00239.x <jats:p> <jats:italic>Background</jats:italic> Lichen planus is a papulosquamous dermatosis which has recently been linked to infection with hepatitis C virus. It is unclear whether or not viral antigens may be present in the cutaneous lesions of lichen planus.</jats:p><jats:p> <jats:italic>Materials and methods</jats:italic>Twenty‐five paraffin‐embedded samples of glabrous lichen planus were evaluated using immunoperoxidase staining for the presence of hepatitis C virions. Control tissues consisted of hepatitis C‐infected hepatic tissue (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 2), normal hepatic tissue (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 2), normal human skin (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 1), and two cutaneous biopsies of lichen planus from persons known to be infected with hepatitis C.</jats:p><jats:p> <jats:italic>Results</jats:italic> The sections of hepatitis C‐infected liver tissue stained positive for hepatitis C virions. The 25 biopsies of glabrous lichen planus, the two biopsies of lichen planus from hepatitis C patients, the two sections of normal liver, and the one normal skin sample all failed to take up the stain.</jats:p><jats:p> <jats:italic>Conclusions</jats:italic> Cutaneous lesions of lichen planus are more probably reactive to the underlying infection than a manifestation of skin involvement by this disease. This theory is supported by the histologic findings in a lichenoid drug eruption, which are virtually identical to those of idiopathic lichen planus. Insufficient sensitivity by the immunoperoxidase procedure used is a possible explanation for our results; however, it appears more probable that no virus exists at the sites of cutaneous involvement.</jats:p> Immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis C virus International Journal of Dermatology
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title Immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis C virus
title_full Immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis C virus
title_fullStr Immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis C virus
title_full_unstemmed Immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis C virus
title_short Immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis C virus
title_sort immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis c virus
title_unstemmed Immunoperoxidase evaluation of lichen planus biopsies for hepatitis C virus
topic Dermatology
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