Acantholysis

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Acantholysis is the loss of intercellular connections, such as desmosomes, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris, Grover’s disease, Hailey-Hailey Disease, and HHV infections particularly HSV and VZV.

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