Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine

M. S. Stone and T. L. Ray

Villus

A dermal papilla extending into a bulla, vesicle, or lacuna which is covered with a single layer of epidermal cells resulting from suprabasalar acantholysis.
Example of Villus in Pemphigus vulgaris.

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September, 1995

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