Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Feb 2020)

Diagnostic approach of eosinophilic spongiosis,

  • Karina Lopes Morais,
  • Denise Miyamoto,
  • Celina Wakisaka Maruta,
  • Valéria Aoki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2019.02.002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 94, no. 6
pp. 724 – 728

Abstract

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Abstract Eosinophilic spongiosis is a histological feature shared by some distinct inflammatory disorders, and is characterized by the presence of intraepidermal eosinophils associated with spongiosis. Most often, isolated eosinophilic spongiosis indicates the early stages of a subjacent autoimmune bullous dermatosis, such as the pemphigus group and bullous pemphigoid. Herein, the main causes of eosinophilic spongiosis are discussed, as well as the supplementary investigation needed to elucidate its etiology.

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