Fig. 6From: A clitoral verrucous carcinoma in an area of lichen planus has aggressive featuresThe adjacent epithelium shows features of lichen planus; hyperkeratosis without parakeratosis (blue arrow), hypergranulosis (yellow arrow), band-like inflammatory infiltrate in the underlying dermis with invasion into the basal layer of the epithelium (black arrow), vacuolation of basal keratinocytes and apoptotic cells (green arrow) (hematoxylin-eosin staining, magnification ×200)Back to article page