Acantholysis
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Not to be confused with Acanthosis.
Medical condition
| Acantholysis | |
|---|---|
| Foot-and-mouth disease - acantholysis in a sample of a skin vesicle: Necrosis of the stratum spinosum can be observed, and keratinocytes floating in the vesicular fluid (spongiosa). | |
| Specialty | Dermatology |
Acantholysis is the loss of intercellular connections, such as desmosomes, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes,[1] seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.[2] It is absent in bullous pemphigoid, making it useful for differential diagnosis.
This histological feature is also seen in herpes simplex infections (HSV 1 and 2) and varicella zoster infections (chicken pox and shingles).
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelso; Abbas, Abul (2004) Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (7th ed.). Saunders. Page 1230. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
- ^ "Acantholysis - Medical Definition from MediLexicon". medilexicon.com. Archived from the original on 2016年07月31日. Retrieved 2017年04月22日.
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