title: Oral lichenoid lesions: clinico-pathological mimicry and its diagnostic implications.
abstract: Oral cavity is commonly affected by number of lichenoid lesions, whose clinical and histopathologic features overlap due to the presence of inflammatory cells in connective tissue. Segregation of these lichenoid lesions is mandatory as each may embody a distinct disease entity in terms of cause, diagnosis and prognosis. The literature discussed in the article is an attempt to segregate individual lichenoid lesions by defining clinical and histopathologic variations among each other, which avoids the diagnostic problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Dental College, Wanaleswadi, Sangli, Maharashtra, India. santhosh_hiremath2007@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Santhosh Kumar S
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hiremath
authors.forename: Alka D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Charantimath
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D017512:Lichenoid Eruptions / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology