In lichen planus the basal cells which are shrunken with an eosinophilic cytoplasm and with a pyknotic and fragmented nuclei are called__________?

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1. A 40 year old woman report with the complaint of burning sensation in the mouth. Clinical examination reveals lesions consisting of radiating white striations in a retiform arrangement affecting buccal mucosa, tongue, lips & gingiva bilaterally. An incisional biopsy is suggestive of lichen planus. The following are different clinical forms of lichen planus except:

   A. Atrophic lichen planus
   B. Hypertrophic lichen planus
   C. bullous lichen planus
   D. Verrucous lichen planus

2. Which of the following is an oral manifestation of lichen planus?

   A. Dentinogenesis imperfecta
   B. Fordyce spots
   C. White, chalky enamel surface
   D. White radiating lines on the buccal mucosa

3. Which of the following is not a type of lichen planus?

   A. Atrophic
   B. Hypertrophic
   C. Verrucous
   D. Erosive

4. Histopathological study of lichen planus shows:___________?

   A. Mixed cellular inflammatory infiltrate
   B. Presence of T-lymphocytes predominantly
   C. Antiepithelial antibodies
   D. Scattered infiltrate with ill-defined lower border

5. Erosive lichen planus resembles which of the following:

   A. Monilial gingivitis
   B. Desquamative gingivitis
   C. Herpetic gingivitis
   D. Acute ulcerative gingivitis

6. Lichen planus:____________?

   A. Can undergo malignant change
   B. Treated only by medication
   C. Must be excised
   D. Is a idiosyncrasy reaction

7. Primary lesion in lichen planus is:___________?

   A. Macule
   B. Papule
   C. Vesicle
   D. Bulla

8. Histological clefts in lichen planus are____________?

   A. Civatte bodies
   B. Wickham’s Striae
   C. Max – Joseph spaces
   D. Auspitz’s sign

9. Eosinophilic granuloma results from the proliferation of____________________?

   A. Histiocytes
   B. eosinophils
   C. Lymphocytes
   D. Fibroblast

10. Tiny linear or arc-shaped bodied, amorphous, brittle and eosinophilic in reaction found in association with some odontogenic cysts, are called:___________?

    A. Civattle bodies
    B. Russell bodies
    C. Guarneri bodies
    D. rushton bodies