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==Microscopic evaluation== | ==Microscopic evaluation== | ||
[[File:Micrograph of lichen sclerosus.jpg|thumb|Micrograph of extragenital lichen sclerosus: epidermal atrophy, follicular plugging and basal vacuolization, initial homogenization of collagen in the dermis.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jędrowiak|first1=Anna|last2=Kobusiewicz|first2=Aleksandra|last3=Trznadel-Grodzka|first3=Ewa|last4=Kaszuba|first4=Andrzej|title=Dermoscopic findings in extragenital lichen sclerosus|journal=Our Dermatology Online|volume=9|issue=2|year=2018|pages=197–199|issn=20819390|doi=10.7241/ourd.20182.24}}<br>- "Figures - available via license: CC BY 4.0"</ref>]] | [[File:Micrograph of lichen sclerosus.jpg|thumb|Micrograph of extragenital lichen sclerosus: epidermal atrophy, follicular plugging and basal vacuolization, initial homogenization of collagen in the dermis.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jędrowiak|first1=Anna|last2=Kobusiewicz|first2=Aleksandra|last3=Trznadel-Grodzka|first3=Ewa|last4=Kaszuba|first4=Andrzej|title=Dermoscopic findings in extragenital lichen sclerosus|journal=Our Dermatology Online|volume=9|issue=2|year=2018|pages=197–199|issn=20819390|doi=10.7241/ourd.20182.24}}<br>- "Figures - available via license: CC BY 4.0"</ref>]] | ||
Findings associated with lichen sclerosus are:<ref name="emed">{{ | Findings associated with lichen sclerosus are:<ref name="emed">{{cite web|url=https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1123316-overview#|title=Lichen Sclerosus|website=EMedicine|author=Lisa K Pappas-Taffer}} Updated: May 17, 2018</ref> The biopsies are also checked for signs of [[dysplasia]].<ref name="Shelley2006">{{Cite journal | last1 = Shelley | first1 = W. B. | last2 = Shelley | first2 = E. D. | last3 = Amurao | first3 = C. V. | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02978.x | title = Treatment of lichen sclerosus with antibiotics | journal = International Journal of Dermatology | volume = 45 | issue = 9 | pages = 1104–1106 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16961523| pmc = }}</ref> | ||
*Hyperkeratosis | *Hyperkeratosis | ||
*Atrophic epidermis | *Atrophic epidermis | ||
*Sclerosis]] of the dermis | *Sclerosis]] of the dermis | ||
*Lymphocytes in the dermis | *Lymphocytes in the dermis | ||
==Reporting== | ==Reporting== | ||
{{Reporting}} | {{Reporting}} | ||
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