Lichen planus
Description
lichen planus: A lichen disease that is located_in skin, located_in tongue or located_in oral mucosa, which presents itself in the form of papules, lesions or rashes. The cause is not known.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_LICHENPLANUS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L43, ICD-9: 6970A, ICD-8: 6970 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L43, ICD-9: 6970A, ICD-8: 6970 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1132 | 752 | 380 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.85 | 1.0 | 0.66 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 56.57 | 57.59 | 54.55 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 42.93 | 44.68 | 39.47 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.68 | 1.33 | 2.37 |