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Skin Immunologic - Pathology (view source)
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**Similar to [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Pemphigus|Pemphigus vulgaris]]
**Similar to [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Pemphigus|Pemphigus vulgaris]]
*Microscopically:
*Microscopically:
**Bullae containing fibrin, [[Neutrophils - WikiBlood|neutrophils]] or eosinophils
**Bullae containing fibrin, [[Neutrophils - WikiBlood|neutrophils]] or [[Eosinophils - WikiBlood|eosinophils]]
**Basement membrane forms floor of bullae and roof is lined with basal cells
**Basement membrane forms floor of bullae and roof is lined with basal cells
*Bullae may rupture -> ulcers
*Bullae may rupture -> ulcers
****Acantholytic cells
****Acantholytic cells
****Subcorneal or intragranular pustules
****Subcorneal or intragranular pustules
****In third of equine or canine cases eosinophils are predominant
****In third of equine or canine cases [[Eosinophils - WikiBlood|eosinophils]] are predominant
**'''Pemphigus erythematosus'''
**'''Pemphigus erythematosus'''
***Cats and dogs
***Cats and dogs
***Mild form of P. foliaceus
***Mild form of P. foliaceus
***Usually involves only face and external ears
***Usually involves only face and external ears