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This image depicts the tongue of a patient, which was covered by a bluish-white, thick, patchy film, that was diagnosed as oral lichen planus, a skin disease characterized by an eruption of wide flat papules covered by a horny glazed film, marked by intense itching. This case involved the oral mucosal lining.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Robert E. Sumpter
Creation Date: 1967
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