Pemphigus is characterized by:____________?
(A) Acanthosis
(B) Acantholysis
(C) Hyperorthokeratosis
(D) Hyperparakeratosis
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
Which of the following is inherited as a autosomal dominant triat?
(A) Lichen planus
(B) Bullous pemphigoid
(C) Pemphigus yulgaris
(D) White sponge nevus
L.E Cell phenomenon in peripheral blood is seen in:__________?
(A) Rheumatic heart disease
(B) Infective endocarditis
(C) Ischemic heart disease
(D) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Lichenoid reactions are mainly due to:____________?
(A) intake of certain drugs
(B) betel nut chewing
(C) cigarette smoking
(D) intake of alcohol
Intraepithelial vacuolation with formation of vesicle or bulla intraepithelially above the basal layer is characteristically seen in:___________?
(A) Candida albicans
(B) Bullous pemphigoid
(C) Pemphigus
(D) Lichen planus
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
Immunoflourescence test is positive in:____________?
(A) Psoriasis
(B) pemphigus vulgaris
(C) Lupus erythematosus
(D) Scleroderma
(D) Both B & C
Immunoflourescence is seen at basement membrane as patchy distribution in:___________?
(A) Lichen planus
(B) Pemphigus
(C) Pemphigoid
(D) Lupus erythematosus
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