Ballooning degeneration

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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alteration cavitaire; Ballooning and reticular degeneration

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

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.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer