A 45 year old woman noticed a whitish patch on the skin of her forearm.Her GP biopsied the lesion,which a pathologist eventually diagnosed as lichen planus.A representative section is shown in the accompanying photomicrograph.How would you characterise the structure marked "CB" in the high power photo on the right?

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A 45 year old woman noticed a whitish patch on the skin of her forearm.Her GP biopsied the lesion,which a pathologist eventually diagnosed as lichen planus.A representative section is shown in the accompanying photomicrograph.How would you characterise the structure marked "CB" in the high power photo on the right?
A 45 year old woman noticed a whitish patch on the skin of her forearm.Her GP biopsied the lesion,which a pathologist eventually diagnosed as lichen planus.A representative section is shown in the accompanying photomicrograph.How would you characterise the structure marked CB in the high power photo on the right? A) Apoptotic body B) Artifact C) Fungus D) Mite E) Inflammatory cell

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The eosinophilic structure is a so-called "Civatte body",named for the person that first described them.We now know them as apoptotic bodies,since they are cells that have been instructed by the immune system to undergo apoptosis,or individual,programmed cell death.

A 45 Year Old Woman Noticed a Whitish Patch on the Skin