Tzanck cells

Tzanck cells

(tsahnk),
acantholytic epithelial cells seen in the Tzanck test.

Tzanck,

Arnault, Russian dermatologist, 1886-1954.
Tzanck cells - acantholytic epithelial cells seen in the Tzanck test.
Tzanck test - the examination of fluid from a bullous lesion for Tzanck cells.
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Diagnosis depends on biopsy confirmation of intraepithelial vesicle formation, acantholysis and the presence of tzanck cells.
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