Histopathological study of lichen planus shows:___________?

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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. Primary lesion in lichen planus is:___________?

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

3. 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

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

   A. Tzanck cells
   B. Civatte bodies
   C. Donovan bodies
   D. Rushton bodies

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

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

6. Erosive lichen planus resembles which of the following:

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

7. Lichen planus:____________?

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

8. Histological clefts in lichen planus are____________?

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

9. Liquefaction foci of Miller is a histopathological observation in:

   A. Cemental caries
   B. Early enamel caries
   C. Advanced enamel caries
   D. Advanced dentinal caries

10. Which histopathological type of odontogenic keratocyst is commoner, more invasive & has a greater tendency for recurrence ?

    A. Orthokeratinised
    B. Parakeratinised
    C. Non-Keratinised
    D. Diskeratinised