Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Oral HPV Lesion in a Patient with Oral Lichen Planus. A Case Report | Biomed Grid

Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) are a group of double-stranded DNA, that cause different type of lesions, also on oral cavity. Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease affecting the oral cavity and skin. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment used in all fields of medicine, based on the interaction between a photosensitizer, the appropriate wavelength, and oxygen. The reaction generates ROS in cells that take up the photosensitizer, causing cell death by necrosis or apoptosis. Different parameters are described in the literature for PDT. We would like to report a case of a patient with diagnosis of Oral lichen planus that developed, and HPV lesion treated with a particular type of PDT. I have not found other cases of Photodynamic Therapy for the treatment of oral HPV lesions, in the scientific literature