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*Lichenoid inflammatory infiltrate - often with eosinophils; may destroy the dermal-epidermal junction leading to blister formation. | *Lichenoid inflammatory infiltrate - often with eosinophils; may destroy the dermal-epidermal junction leading to blister formation. | ||
**May be prominent - in the ''inflammatory phase'' of the disease.<ref name=pmid9537476>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fung | first1 = MA. | last2 = LeBoit | first2 = PE. | title = Light microscopic criteria for the diagnosis of early vulvar lichen sclerosus: a comparison with lichen planus. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 473-8 | month = Apr | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9537476 }}</ref> | **May be prominent - in the ''inflammatory phase'' of the disease.<ref name=pmid9537476>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fung | first1 = MA. | last2 = LeBoit | first2 = PE. | title = Light microscopic criteria for the diagnosis of early vulvar lichen sclerosus: a comparison with lichen planus. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 473-8 | month = Apr | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9537476 }}</ref> | ||
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*May have [[angiokeratoma]]-like changes.<ref name=pmid19187108>{{Cite journal | last1 = Luzar | first1 = B. | last2 = Neil | first2 = SM. | last3 = Calonje | first3 = E. | title = Angiokeratoma-like changes in extragenital and genital lichen sclerosus. | journal = J Cutan Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 5 | pages = 540-2 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01091.x | PMID = 19187108 }}</ref> | |||
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