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Case Number : Case 2446 - 18 November 2019 Posted By: Uma Sundram

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95 year old female, in patient, with new bullae on the legs. An excoriated lesion is biopsied.


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Krishnakumar subramanian

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subepidermal bulla with dermal perivascular eosinophils and lymphocytes

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bulla with sparse cells

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I´m not sure if those cells are mast cells. If so this could be a bullous mastocytosis. CD117 or a giemsa could be of some help.

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A blistering manifestation in elderly people, with excoriation ( by scratching? ) and pustular infiltrate...are the cells in dermoepidermal junction ( fig 2 ) eosinophils? If yes it could be a Bullous pemphigoid...

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If the patient is diabetic, this could be bullosis diabeticorum. It could be a simple friction blister which easily develops in this age. Immunofluoroscence study to rule out any immunobullous disorder is necessary. 

 

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Uma Sundram

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This is a difficult case because the excoriation/necrosis is so dominating that it's easy to miss the eosinophils at the periphery. Also, the clinician biopsied an older lesion. But, C3 and IgG were positive, linear, and in the clinical context, the findings fit the diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid. Fig 2 cells are indeed eosinophils. The positive DIF addresses Igor's comment.

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