Giulio Fortuna1,2,3, Massimo Aria4, Julie H Schiavo5. 1. Department of Diagnostic Science, New Orleans School of Dentistry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1100 Florida Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70124, USA. giulio.fortuna@gmail.com. 2. D.eb.RA. Mexico Foundation, Otomí #211, casi esq. P. Elías Calles Colonia Azteca, Guadalupe N.L, 67150, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. giulio.fortuna@gmail.com. 3. Federico Navarro Institute - School of Orgonomy "Piero Borrelli", Corso Umberto I, 35, 80138, Naples, Italy. giulio.fortuna@gmail.com. 4. Department of Economics and Statistics, Federico II University of Naples, via Cinthia, Monte Sant'Angelo, 80126, Naples, Italy. 5. Department of Libraries, New Orleans School of Dentistry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1100 Florida Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70119, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Drug-induced oral lichenoid reactions (DIOLRs) have been extensively reported in the literature, but the validity of the causality relationship between any drug and the oral lichenoid lesions (OLLs) still remains questionable. We sought to determine whether this causality relationship really exists, whether a resolution of the oral lesions upon withdrawal occurs, and what the most common alleged offending medications are. METHODS: Nine electronic databases from January 1966 to December 2016 were systematically searched to identify all relevant studies selected with specific inclusion criteria (a clinical and histopathological diagnosis of DIOLRs, and clearly statement on the systemic offending medication). Searched terms included but not limited to oral lichen planus/oral lichenoid lesions/oral lichenoid reactions, the adverse effects of medication, and drug-induced. Statistical analyses conducted. RESULTS: The search retrieved a total of 817 articles, of which only 46 were included into a qualitative synthesis: 40 case reports/series and 6 studies. The causality assessment was done only in 14.8% of cases with the C-D-R protocol. The Naranjo algorithm was not reported in the majority of cases (98.2%). Culprit medication was withdrawn in 68.5% of the cases, obtaining a partial or complete resolution without treatment in 16.7% of cases and with treatment in 27.7% of cases. The median number of culprit medication(s) described was 1 with the most frequent ones being Methyldopa (20.37%), Interferon (IFN)-alpha (11.11%), and Imatinib and Infliximab (9.26%). CONCLUSION: This systematic review demonstrated that there is no strong scientific evidence to support the causal relationship between any drug and oral lichenoid lesions; therefore, in all reviewed cases, we must question whether the DIOLRs represent a real and separate clinical entity. Further and more thorough investigations using one of the available algorithms for adverse drug reaction are warranted.
PURPOSE: Drug-induced oral lichenoid reactions (DIOLRs) have been extensively reported in the literature, but the validity of the causality relationship between any drug and the oral lichenoid lesions (OLLs) still remains questionable. We sought to determine whether this causality relationship really exists, whether a resolution of the oral lesions upon withdrawal occurs, and what the most common alleged offending medications are. METHODS: Nine electronic databases from January 1966 to December 2016 were systematically searched to identify all relevant studies selected with specific inclusion criteria (a clinical and histopathological diagnosis of DIOLRs, and clearly statement on the systemic offending medication). Searched terms included but not limited to oral lichen planus/oral lichenoid lesions/oral lichenoid reactions, the adverse effects of medication, and drug-induced. Statistical analyses conducted. RESULTS: The search retrieved a total of 817 articles, of which only 46 were included into a qualitative synthesis: 40 case reports/series and 6 studies. The causality assessment was done only in 14.8% of cases with the C-D-R protocol. The Naranjo algorithm was not reported in the majority of cases (98.2%). Culprit medication was withdrawn in 68.5% of the cases, obtaining a partial or complete resolution without treatment in 16.7% of cases and with treatment in 27.7% of cases. The median number of culprit medication(s) described was 1 with the most frequent ones being Methyldopa (20.37%), Interferon (IFN)-alpha (11.11%), and Imatinib and Infliximab (9.26%). CONCLUSION: This systematic review demonstrated that there is no strong scientific evidence to support the causal relationship between any drug and oral lichenoid lesions; therefore, in all reviewed cases, we must question whether the DIOLRs represent a real and separate clinical entity. Further and more thorough investigations using one of the available algorithms for adverse drug reaction are warranted.
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