Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Histopathological spectrum of lichen planus and its variants

Dr Priyadarshini D, Dr Harish S. G

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Background : The Histomorphological spectrum of clinical disease related to Lichen planus and its variants are wider. The most common hyperpigmented skin lesion is lichen planus and its variants. Histopathological examination helps us to derive a concept of the particular tissue reaction and it may cut across boundaries of clinically well established classes of disease. Aims and Objectives: To know the various histomorphological patterns of lichen planus and its variants. To assess the accuracy of histopathology in diagnosing various lichenoid skin lesions. Materials and methods : A prospective study is conducted by histopathological examination of skin biopsies in a tertiary care hospital. Skin biopsies of 60 patients with suspected lichenoid skin lesions in all age groups from dermatology department were subjected for histopathological examination and confirmed lichenoid lesions were considered for the study and special stains were used wherever necessary. Results : Lichen planus and its variants is the commonest lesion encountered in daily reporting of skin biopsies with features displaying hyperkeratosis, hypergranulosis, acanthosis, hydropic degeneration of the basal cells, melanin incontinence secondary to basal cell damage and band–like inflammatory infiltrate hugging the dermo–epidermal junction and perivascular inflammatory infiltrate. Conclusion: The approach was to study the various histopathological types of lichen planus and its variants lesions, owing to complex features exhibited by skin lesions and histopathological examination is the mainstay for final diagnosis and categorization for treatment

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HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF LICHEN PLANUS AND ITS VARIANTS, Dr Priyadarshini D, Dr Harish S.G INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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