Question 36 · LDEK · Bullous diseases and lichen planus
Indicate the false sentence concerning the etiopathogenesis of lichen planus:
- A. it can result from the replication of HPV virus of the mucosa and the skin.
- B. there is a significant similarity of its histopathological image to graft-versus-host disease.
- C. drug-induced lesions are defined as lichenoid.
- D. connection with hypersensitivity type IV is postulated.
- E. keratinocyte apoptosis of the stratum basale of the epidermis occurs.
Hint
Lichen planus is a T-cell-mediated disease; find the statement that attributes it to an unsupported viral cause.
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