Synonym(s)
alteration cavitaire; Ballooning and reticular degeneration
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Intracellular edema with paranuclear vacuoles. In m<massive intracellular edema the cell body is inflated like a balloon and bursts. This leads to the formation of intraepidermal multilocular vesicles.
An example of ballooning degeneration is found in viral vesicles, e.g. the herpes simplex vesicle.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer