Open AccessCorrelation of "in vivo" microcirculation and degeneration of the basal cells of the epithelium in lingual lichen planus
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Alessandro Scardina,
Alessia Ruggieri,
Pietro Messina
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.59434
Subject(s) - basement membrane , oral lichen planus , pathology , microcirculation , basal (medicine) , degeneration (medical) , medicine , epithelium , in vivo , infiltration (hvac) , anatomy , biology , materials science , microbiology and biotechnology , insulin , composite material
Oral lichen planus is an inflammatory chronic disease with an autimmune pathogenesis and unknown etiology that affects oral mucosa, with or without the involvement of the skin and other mucous membranes. The principal histological characteristics are the degeneration of the basal cell layer and the abnormal infiltration of inflammatory cells into the subepithelial layer of connective tissue.