Patients
We aimed to enroll, consecutively, all patients with a
diagnosis of LP who were admitted to the clinics of the
Department of Dermatology at the Faculty of Medicine at
Karadeniz Technical University in a 1.5-year period.
Inclusion criteria for cases were age more than 15 years
and clinical diagnosis of LP. LP was diagnosed according
to clinical and dermoscopic examination, and confirmed
with a skin biopsy in all cases. Patients with any systemic
diseases including hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia
and receiving any systemic treatments for LP and
other conditions were excluded.
A total of 100 patients were diagnosed as having LP in
this period; however, 21 of them, who had a prior diagnosisof diabetes mellitus (DM) (n = 6) and who had been using
systemic agents such as corticosteroids, acitretin, and
cyclosporine (n = 15) for LP were excluded. Finally, 79
patients with a diagnosis of LP were enrolled as the patient
group.