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Robert Law, MD

Diagnosis

pemphigus vulgaris

Body Site

arm

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated

Comments

These changes are typical of pemphigus vulgaris. The direct immunofluorescence demonstated intercellular IgG in the epidermis.

Description

There is a suprabasal blister with minimal lymphocytic dermal infiltrate on the right and reepithelialization of an old blister on the left.

Categories

vesiculobullous eruptions vesiculobullous eruptions, immunobullous

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5/8/2005 21:56:31

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