50-year-old female presents with blisters and erosions on the skin and mucous membranes, most commonly inside the mouth. Diagnosis?
Ans. (a) Pemphigus vulgarisEarly lesions of pemphigus vulgaris show suprabasal epidermal acantholysis, clefting and blister formationBasal cells are intact giving tombstone patternThe blister cavity may contain inflammatory cells including eosinophils and rounded acantholytic cells with intensely eosinophilic cytoplasm and a perinuclear halo.
Pemphigus vulgaris
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Bullous pemphigoid
None
Skin