Oral pemphigus vulgaris: Liquid-based cytological findings and pitfalls
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Oral pemphigus vulgaris: Liquid‐based cytological findings and pitfalls
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a chronic autoimmune bullous disease characterized by the formation of suprabasal cleavage and acantholysis. As this disease almost always affects the oral mucosa, conventional cytological smears of oral lesions can be used for the initial diagnosis of PV. We report two cases of PV that were initially diagnosed based on cytological smears of an oral sample. As atypica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic Cytopathology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 8755-1039
DOI: 10.1002/dc.23792