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Mimickers of classic acantholytic diseases
Author(s) -
Ho Jonathan,
Bhawan Jag
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.13769
Subject(s) - acantholysis , pemphigus , dermatology , medicine , differential diagnosis , darier's disease , disease , pathology , immunology , autoantibody , antibody
Abstract Acantholysis is a commonly encountered histological pattern which typically generates a differential of the pemphigus variants, Hailey–Hailey, Darier's and Grover's diseases. In addition to these diseases, the dermatologist and dermatopathologist must be aware of entities that mimic classic acantholytic dermatoses and of rare disease variants, which are characterized by acantholysis.