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Lichen planus mouth vs Koplick in mouth - acha - ArchivalUser - 03-23-2010

How differentiate in an open mouth between lichen planus and koplick spots from measles?


0 - ArchivalUser - 03-24-2010

koplick spots ..white leisions on the buccal mucosa
lichen planus..shiny poligonal papules,may be painful


0 - ArchivalUser - 03-24-2010

Yea but both of them look realy similar in the pictures...