We sought to determine the prevalence of thyroid diseases in patients with LPP.
Medical records of 166 patients with LPP and 81 age- and gender-matched control subjects seen in the Department of Dermatology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio between 2000 and 2013 were reviewed.
A diagnosis of thyroid disease was present in 34% (n聽= 57) of the 166 patients with LPP, and in 11% (n聽= 9) of the control subjects (P聽= .0001). When confined to hypothyroidism only, this disease was found in 29% (n聽= 48) of the patients with LPP and 9% (n聽= 7) of the control subjects (P聽= .0003).
This study was limited by being retrospective.
In our patients, LPP was associated with thyroid disease, especially hypothyroidism.