Difference between revisions of "Inflammatory skin disorders"

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:''Should '''not''' be confused with [[lichen planus-like keratosis]]''.
:''Should '''not''' be confused with [[lichen planus-like keratosis]]''.
===General===
===General===
*An oral pathology.
*An [[oral pathology]] - classically.
*May be seen where the sun don't shine - [[penis]],<ref name=pmid20082512>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Teichman | first1 = JM. | last2 = Sea | first2 = J. | last3 = Thompson | first3 = IM. | last4 = Elston | first4 = DM. | title = Noninfectious penile lesions. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 81 | issue = 2 | pages = 167-74 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20082512 }}</ref> [[vulva]] and [[vagina]].<ref name=pmid20062629>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gupta | first1 = R. | last2 = Bansal | first2 = B. | last3 = Singh | first3 = S. | last4 = Yadav | first4 = I. | last5 = Gupta | first5 = K. | last6 = Kudesia | first6 = M. | title = Lichen planus of uterine cervix - the first report of a novel site of occurrence: a case report. | journal = Cases J | volume = 2 | issue =  | pages = 9306 | month =  | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9306 | PMID = 20062629 }}</ref>
*May be seen where the sun don't shine - [[penis]],<ref name=pmid20082512>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Teichman | first1 = JM. | last2 = Sea | first2 = J. | last3 = Thompson | first3 = IM. | last4 = Elston | first4 = DM. | title = Noninfectious penile lesions. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 81 | issue = 2 | pages = 167-74 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20082512 }}</ref> [[vulva]] and [[vagina]].<ref name=pmid20062629>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gupta | first1 = R. | last2 = Bansal | first2 = B. | last3 = Singh | first3 = S. | last4 = Yadav | first4 = I. | last5 = Gupta | first5 = K. | last6 = Kudesia | first6 = M. | title = Lichen planus of uterine cervix - the first report of a novel site of occurrence: a case report. | journal = Cases J | volume = 2 | issue =  | pages = 9306 | month =  | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9306 | PMID = 20062629 }}</ref>


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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_intermed_mag.jpg Lichen planus - intermed. mag. (WC)]
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_intermed_mag.jpg Lichen planus - intermed. mag. (WC)]
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_low_mag.jpg Lichen planus - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_low_mag.jpg Lichen planus - low mag. (WC)].
===Sign out===
<pre>
FORESKIN, CIRCUMCISION:
- LICHEN PLANUS.
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====Micro====
The sections show skin with a lymphoplasmic inflammation at the interface, hyperkeratosis, focal hypergranulosis and focal parakeratosis. Numerous Civatte bodies are identified. Spongiosis is present. Scattered inflammatory cell are found with the basal aspect of the epidermis; however, they do not form clusters. No mitotic activity is appreciated.


==Lichen sclerosus==  
==Lichen sclerosus==