A sudden flare-up of a quiescent oral lichen planus: methylisothiazolinone as the prime suspect?

Olivier Aerts; Hans Meert; Sighile Janssens; Melissa Sprengers; Karen Chapelle; Luc Bensch; Sandra Apers; Julien Lambert

doi:10.1111/cod.12343

A sudden flare-up of a quiescent oral lichen planus: methylisothiazolinone as the prime suspect?

Contact Dermatitis. 2015 Mar;72(3):186-9. doi: 10.1111/cod.12343. Epub 2015 Jan 19.

Authors

Olivier Aerts¹, Hans Meert, Sighile Janssens, Melissa Sprengers, Karen Chapelle, Luc Bensch, Sandra Apers, Julien Lambert

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650, Antwerp, Belgium.

PMID: 25600755
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12343

No abstract available

Keywords: acrylates; contact allergy; dental prosthesis; dishwashing liquid; high-performance liquid chromatography; household detergent; koebnerization; lichen planus; methyl methacrylate; methylisothiazolinone; mucosa; penetration.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dental Prosthesis*
Detergents / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Lichen Planus, Oral / chemically induced*
Lichen Planus, Oral / diagnosis
Middle Aged
Thiazoles / adverse effects*

Substances

Detergents
Thiazoles
2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one