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Case Number : Case 804 - 17th July Posted By: Guest

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66 years-old female with “blisters.” This biopsy is from the right breast.

Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan


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Guest Dr. Francisco Vílchez

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Pemphigus vulgaris.

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Sasi Attili

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[quote name='I. Abdul-kadir' timestamp='1374053370']
Pemphigus vulgaris.
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Agree

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Robledo F. Rocha

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Pemphigus vulgaris, typically presenting as an acantholytic suprabasilar blistering dermatitis.

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Guest Jim Davie MD

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Pemphigus vulgaris.
Histology appears as expected: Suprabasal bullous clefting, with single layer of basal keratinocytes showing nice 'tombstoning' (acantholytic separation between basal keratinocytes, giving a curved apical contour), patchy acantholysis in the separated stratum spinosum, and dermal papillary pseudovillous architecture. Rare eosinophil exocytosis (top right photo). The dermis shows a mixed inflammatory infiltrate, with lymphocytic perivascular dermatitis with edema, rare eosinophils and rare neutrophils.
(There is subtle postinflammatory pigment in the dermis, but no interface component, no dyskeratosis that would suggest a paraneoplastic pemphigus).

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Dr. Hafeez Diwan

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Pemphigus vulgaris. Immunofluorescence showed the typical intercellular pattern for IgG and C3.

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Guest Rodrigo Restrepo

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Too late, but I gree, pemphigus vulgaris.

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