The possible intraspousal transmission of HCV in terms of lichen planus

  • Authors:
    • Y. Nagao
    • R. Tomonari
    • M. Kage
    • K. Komai
    • K. Tsubone
    • T. Kamura
    • M. Sata
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  • Published online on: November 1, 2002     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.10.5.569
  • Pages: 569-573
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Abstract

Lichen planus (LP), common mucocutaneous disorder, involves not only oral mucosa and skin but genitalia membrane. LP is frequently seen in patients with HCV infection. This study evaluated patients with HCV-associated oral lichen planus (OLP) for vulvar and vaginal LP involvement, and the possible intraspousal transmission of HCV. We examined a total of 24 female Japanese patients with OLP for genitalia LP: 14 OLP-HCV positive and 10 OLP-HCV negative. All subjects were evaluated for genital LP by a gynecologist. All 24 subjects and 10 of the husbands were tested for anti-HCV and serum HCV RNA. Vulvar LP was observed in 10 (41.7%) of 24 patients with OLP. Vulvar LP in 14 (OLP-HCV positive) and 10 patients (OLP-HCV negative) were observed in 42.9 and 40%, respectively. There were no significant differences (age, sites of OLP, blood transfusion, HCV infection, and degree of liver diseases) between the vulvar LP and non-vulvar LP patients. Two spouses of 10 married couples were shown to be infected with HCV. In one couple with HCV infection, the wife and husband had also erosive OLP, the wife had erosive vulvar LP. In conclusion, the majority of OLP patients suffered from genitalia LP in Japan. Clinicians should follow the OLP patients with sufficient attention to the presence of extraoral manifestations. These data may suggest the occurrence of intraspousal transmission of HCV through erosive vulvar LP.

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November 2002
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Nagao Y, Tomonari R, Kage M, Komai K, Tsubone K, Kamura T and Sata M: The possible intraspousal transmission of HCV in terms of lichen planus. Int J Mol Med 10: 569-573, 2002
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Nagao, Y., Tomonari, R., Kage, M., Komai, K., Tsubone, K., Kamura, T., & Sata, M. (2002). The possible intraspousal transmission of HCV in terms of lichen planus. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 10, 569-573. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.10.5.569
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Nagao, Y., Tomonari, R., Kage, M., Komai, K., Tsubone, K., Kamura, T., Sata, M."The possible intraspousal transmission of HCV in terms of lichen planus". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 10.5 (2002): 569-573.
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Nagao, Y., Tomonari, R., Kage, M., Komai, K., Tsubone, K., Kamura, T., Sata, M."The possible intraspousal transmission of HCV in terms of lichen planus". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 10, no. 5 (2002): 569-573. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.10.5.569