pemphigus foliaceus
Histologic Features
- Scale-crusts within the cornified layer
- A subcorneal blister
- Prominent acantholytic cells within the blister space and attached to the roof of the blister
- Neutrophils within blister spaces in varying numbers
- Papillary dermal edema
- A lymphohistiocytic infiltrate around superficial blood vessels, containing many eosinophils and neutrophils
Updated Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:30:48 PM