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A semi‐quantitative assessment of the histopathology of oral lichen planus
Author(s) -
Hedberg N.,
Ng A.,
Hunter N.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1986.tb00621.x
Subject(s) - parakeratosis , histopathology , oral lichen planus , pathology , infiltration (hvac) , epithelium , medicine , dermatology , biology , physics , thermodynamics
In a retrospecitve study of 112 cases, an attempt has been made to further delineate the histopathological parameters which are useful in making a diagnosis of oral lichen planus. The results of this study show that mononuclear infiltration beneath and adjacent to the epithelium, parakeratosis and degeneration of the basal layer of the epithelium were consistent features. Linear regression analyses of the parameters studied provided partial support for a cell‐mediated immune mechanism.