BALLOONING


1.Ballooning mostly

1)Lymphocyte predominate

a)Steel-gray nuclei and margination of chromatin

Herpes virus infection

b)Individual necrotic keratinocytes and rnultinucleate epithelial giant cells

Measles

2.Interface

1)Lymphocyte predominate

a)Individual necrotic keratinocytes, normal cornified layer

Erythema multiforme

b)Individual necrotic keratinocytes, prorTiinent granular layer, parakeratosis

Graft vs. host reaction

2)Eosinophiles and Neutrophiles prominent

a)Individual necrotic keratinocytes, ballooning, normal cornified layer

Fixed drug eruption, superficial

b)Individual necrotic keratinocytes, spongiosis, neutrophils as solitary units within epidermis

Toxic shock syndrome

3.Psoriasiform

1)Lymphocyte predominate

a)Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies

Orf Milker's nodule

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