Galli-Galli Disease: A Rare Acantholytic Variant of Dowling-Degos Disease
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Hematoxylin and eosin. (a) Discrete hyperkeratosis, elongated rete ridges with digitiform projections, and focal acantholysis with formation of linear clefts. Presence of mixed dermal inflammatory infiltrate. (b) Dyskeratotic cells in the interior of a acantholytic cleft. (c) and (d) Digitiform elongation of the rete ridges, with hyperpigmentation of the basal layer confined to the tips of the rete ridges. Suprabasal acantholysis.
